Podcast: Heinz Helle, how do you write a novel about your family? | Dichtung & Wahrheit #4

In this episode of »Dichtung & Wahrheit«, Laura de Weck talks to writer Heinz Helle. Helle lives in Switzerland with his wife, author Julia Weber, and their two children. In their conversation, the author provides insights into the reality of life in a family where both parents make a living from writing. He talks about the comforting effect of literature, why writing helps him gain control over his life – and how he and his wife manage not to drive each other crazy as a »literary couple«.

In Heinz Helle's latest novel Waves, fiction and truth lie close together – in it he tells of a modern father striving for equality in a society where old ideals and gender relations still prevail.

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