Being in connection: a conversation with Sharon Dodua Otoo
On Friday 18th March 2022, attendees had the chance to hear an exciting preview of Ada鈥檚 Realm, the remarkable new novel by the prizewinning British German author Sharon Dodua Otoo. It appeared in German (Adas Raum) in 2021, and will be published in English in 2023.
Ada鈥檚 Realm has been called a 鈥渓iterary adventure鈥 and admired for the 鈥済littering richness鈥 of its language. Attendees heard the literary specialist Maryam Aras in conversation with the author.
鈥淎ll beings 鈥 past, present and future 鈥 are in connection with each other; we always have been and always will be鈥, the mysterious shapeshifting narrator of Ada鈥檚 Realm tells the reader; Ada herself lives four lives over five centuries in different bodies, both in Africa and Europe.
