Lize Spit / Das Mag
Book launch 'Autobiografie van mijn lichaam'
Dates
fri 15 nov 2024 - 20:00
location
Blauwe zaal
price
free upon reservation
duration
1h 20' language
spoken language Dutch
Lize Spit presents her book Autobiografie van mijn lichaam at DE SINGEL, inviting you to be the first to learn about her brand new work.
In late 2021, Lize Spit receives an email informing her mother that she is incurably ill. With her mother having only a short time to live, Lize undertakes a last ditch effort. Never before has finding the right words been so difficult, never before has it been so necessary. Autobiografie van mijn lichaam is a radically honest and poignant examination of a daughter trying to understand not only her troubled relationship with her mother, but also her disturbed relationship to her own body.
“Always when my parents reach out: something inside me flips out, like a punching bag at the fairground emerges from the vending machine after a coin is inserted, ready to be rammed.”
Attention, we will start the evening with a collective reading moment where we will all read an excerpt from Lize Spit's new book together. You can purchase the book before the start of the programme. Feel free to come half an hour early to avoid long queues. Together with bookshop Stad Leest, we will provide lots of books!
In late 2021, Lize Spit receives an email informing her mother that she is incurably ill. With her mother having only a short time to live, Lize undertakes a last ditch effort. Never before has finding the right words been so difficult, never before has it been so necessary. Autobiografie van mijn lichaam is a radically honest and poignant examination of a daughter trying to understand not only her troubled relationship with her mother, but also her disturbed relationship to her own body.
“Always when my parents reach out: something inside me flips out, like a punching bag at the fairground emerges from the vending machine after a coin is inserted, ready to be rammed.”
Attention, we will start the evening with a collective reading moment where we will all read an excerpt from Lize Spit's new book together. You can purchase the book before the start of the programme. Feel free to come half an hour early to avoid long queues. Together with bookshop Stad Leest, we will provide lots of books!