How did your grandfather eat his apple? Do you remember how he held the knife in his hand? Do we do it differently today?
This book is a gift: the memory of eating an apple is a story about the labour of writing itself. From the skin through the flesh to the core, the flavour of this text is Teresa Präauer’s literature in a nutshell.
The speech was given at the award ceremony for prestigious ›Bremer Literaturpreis‹ in January 2024. It is supplemented with a previously unpublished original text by the author.
Teresa Präauer, born in 1979, studied German Philology and Fine Arts. Wallstein has published her novels »Für den Herrscher aus Übersee«, »Johnny und Jean«, »Oh Schimmi« and »Kochen im falschen Jahrhundert« as well as the essay »Tier werden«, the collection of stories »Das Glück ist eine Bohne« and »Mädchen«. She was awarded ›aspekte-Literaturpreis‹ (2012), ›Erich-Fried-Preis‹ (2017), ›Ben-Witter-Preis‹ (2022) and ›Bremer Literaturpreis‹ (2024), amongst others. Teresa Präauer lives in Vienna.
