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Overview<\/span><\/h2>[vc_column_text css=””]In the new edition of SAMSTAGS UM 4 we present the Irish author Se\u00e1n Hewitt with his poetic coming out novel \u00d6ffnet sich der Himmel. <\/em>Bilingual reading with Se\u00e1n Hewitt and Tim Habe.<\/p>\n

James is on the cusp of adulthood. And he dreams of a different life far away: leaving the village, disappointing his parents, finally confronting everything with something lively, real and fulfilling. Because here in sleepy Thornmere in the north of England, everything remains the same: his round as a milk boy, the church services, the eternal worries about his sick little brother, the exclusion by his classmates. But then, in the fall of 2002, James meets Luke – a year older, outrageously handsome, sent to the country for discipline by his out-of-touch parents – and over the course of a year, James surrenders to new, uncontrollable forces, a longing that will change him forever, a question that will haunt him for the rest of his life: Would I risk everything for the possibility of love?- A beautifully told coming out novel about the longings of youth, about the tenderness, nightmares and illusions called love.<\/p>\n

Moderation: Veit Georg Schmidt<\/p>\n

Reading in German and English.<\/p>\n

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Date<\/span><\/h2>[vc_column_text css=””]February 21, 2026, 4 p.m.[\/vc_column_text]
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