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Maren Keller
is an editor in the life section.
In museum shops it usually gets stuck on the notebooks.
Sebastian Hammelehle
heads the SPIEGEL cultural department.
He enjoys the luxury of living in a time without heroes.
Keller:
If you had told me a year ago that one of the books I was most looking forward to reading this year would be an epic in prose, I would certainly not have believed you.
Hammelehle:
There is hardly anything more exotic than a long poem in today's literature.
And then the title: »Annette.
A heroine epic «.
I like going to museum shops, and every time I see the "Iliad" there, I think I could read it.
But are we doing Anne Weber a favor by measuring her epic against historical models?
Keller:
I would be afraid that the historical role models would come off too badly.
The way in which Anne Weber tells the life story of the real Anne Beaumanoir is also convincing beyond all references and traditions.
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