On 20 March 2023, a reading will take place at the Kunsthalle Osnabrück from 19:00. The reading is organised by three bookshops in Osnabrück: Altstädter Bücherstuben, Buchhandlung Eicholt and Buchhandlung zur Heide. The author Kerstin Holzer will read from her book “Monascella”. The book is about the life story of Monika Mann. She is the daughter of the famous author Thomas Mann. Monika Mann stood in the shadow of her famous parents and siblings for a long time. [To be in the shadow means to be in the background and less noticed because of other people]. The author Kerstin Holzer has used old letters from Monika Mann to tell her story in the book. Very few people have read the letters. The book is about Monika Mann’s most beautiful years, her love story and her profession as a feuilletonist. [A feuilletonist writes for the cultural section of a newspaper. You write in a special way for that]. It is also about the difficult relationship with her mother.