Centralstation Veranstaltungs-GmbH

N lives on a railroad line that connects a problem district with the residential area at the other end of the city. Two worlds. N knows both. And a third in the middle: the martial arts school where she teaches, prepares for competitions and begins an affair with a politician from the defense committee. Opposites characterize her existence: rich and poor, powerlessness and muscle building, utmost discipline and excessive aggression against herself.

One morning, N discovers mysterious signs on the firewall opposite her apartment. No letters, no hieroglyphics, no pictures. But she immediately senses that they mean something.

"Striker" is an electrifying novel about a present in which the boundaries between conspiracy myths, class struggle and raw violence are becoming increasingly blurred. With force and speed, Helene Hegemann tells of martial arts and homelessness, of wealth and repression. Of the moment when fear of oppression leads to violence and the weakness that must be allowed in order to prevent this violence.

Photo: William Minke

4.6., 8 p.m.

Centralstation, Im Carree, Darmstadt

2for1: 17 € (seated)

4.6., 19-19.30, box office