Reading and discussion

Journalist and author Christian Baron comes from a proletarian family with an alcoholic and violent father. In 2020, he published his first book about his family's history, titled "A Man of His Class."

Written from the first-person perspective, Baron places his negative childhood memories within the explanatory framework of the precarious social conditions depicted, characterized by extreme poverty.

He finds the American term "memoir" the most fitting description for this book and characterizes the literary "I" as follows: "This 'I' in such texts is generally not one that seeks to naturalistically describe lived experience. It is a social "I" that situates itself within and relates to social class structures."

Baron has published two further autofictional novels about his family. Also presented at the event will be his 2025 novel "Three Sisters," which focuses on his mother, who died young, and her two sisters.

The discussion will also include Baron's political and theoretical positions, which he has published separately from his literary works in journalistic and other formats.


IN GERMAN