A Reading from COLLISION (Havarie)

A raft with eleven Algerian refugees, running low on fuel. A cruise ship with a small town’s worth of international passengers and crew members. An Irish freighter. A Spanish rescue vessel. One single point of convergence in a vast wash of blue water. When a disabled raft nears The Spirit of Europe, the third largest cruise liner in the world, the ship’s captain is forced to do something headquarters in Miami wants to avoid: cut the engines.

COLLISION (German title Havarie) is a maritime thriller by one of Germany’s most celebrated crime writers, building suspense through the eyes of a diverse array of memorable characters. A screening of the film Collision, based on the research and the novel, follows the next day (Thurs Oct 19, 7:15 pm, Michigan Theater.)

Co-sponsored by the Goethe Institute, U-M Center for European Studies, U-M Screen Arts and Cultures, U-M Office of Research, and the U-M Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact Germanic Languages & Literatures at 734-764-8018 or germandept@umich.edu at least one week in advance.