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Couch Reading: Dorothee Kohler – Four Pages of Life
At the ‘Sofa Readings’, Swiss debut authors take their place on a flat-share sofa or a studio couch and present their work in an intimate setting.
After his death, Dorothee Kohler’s father leaves her boxes full of documents. It is purely by chance that the author opens a box and thereby learns of an aunt about whom her family had previously maintained a strict silence. Spurred on by curiosity, but also by the shock at the scale of the secret, she decides to find out more about the life of her hidden aunt. In doing so, Kohler’s story also touches on a dark chapter in Switzerland’s past: the treatment of women in psychiatric care. She summarises the findings of her research in her debut book *Vier Seiten Leben* (Limmat Verlag 2026) – a moving investigative account of a hidden family history.
Host: Maya Olah
In collaboration with the Sofalesungen association
Sofalesungen is made possible by Pro Helvetia, Migros Kulturprozent, the Landis & Gyr Foundation, the Christoph Merian Foundation, the Sophie and Karl Binding Foundation, Die Mobiliar, the Oertli Foundation, as well as the City of Zurich’s Department of Culture and the Canton of Zurich’s Office for Culture.
Information on accessibility at Sofalesungen events:
As accessibility information varies for each Sofalesungen event, details are provided on sofalesungen.ch for the respective events.
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Sunday, December 06, 2026
Ort und Anmeldung unter www.sofalesungen.ch
17:00
Ort und Anmeldung unter www.sofalesungen.ch
Accessibility:
Infos Zugänglichkeit:
Lift and wheelchair-accessible toilet available, visitors with a wheelchair please call 044 254 50 08
