Thomas Mann's *The Magic Mountain*—retold by Meike Rötzer

*As part of the* 43rd Baden-Württemberg Literature Days, *this masterpiece of the century will be presented as a literary-musical narrative performance.* It’s no small feat—to invent a new literary form and achieve such spectacular success with it: Actress Meike Rötzer retells classics of world literature so captivatingly that she now fills entire concert halls. Her secret? Her charisma and the brilliantly incisive, contemporary language in which she reinterprets the familiar texts. For the Literature Days, she has chosen Thomas Mann’s *The Magic Mountain*—in a single evening, she brings this thousand-page tome so close to us that we feel as though we’re recuperating on the balcony of the Davos sanatorium alongside Hans Castorp. And since music also weaves its way through this great novel of its time—including works by Mahler, Rossini, and Schubert—violinist Charlotte Balle will be joining her on stage. A masterpiece of the century, told in a style as compact as it is artful—and anyone already familiar with *The Magic Mountain* will be swept away by Meike Rötzer’s vivid language. The MSC Bad Mergentheim will provide refreshments before the event begins and during the intermission. With the kind support of the Motorsportclub Bad Mergentheim e.V. and the Kulturverein Bad Mergentheim e.V. **Doors open:** Starting at 6:00 p.m. **Prices:** Regular price €15.00 | Reduced price €12.00 *Discounts available for schoolchildren, students, people with severe disabilities, and spa pass holders.* **Tickets:** Available on-site at the Bad Mergentheim Tourist Information Office (Marktplatz 1, 97980 Bad Mergentheim) and at the Moritz und Lux bookstore (Gänsmarkt 3, 97980 Bad Mergentheim), or online via the link below. **Ticket fees:** At the Bad Mergentheim Tourist Information Office (Marktplatz 1, 97980 Bad Mergentheim) and at the Moritz und Lux bookstore (Gänsmarkt 3, 97980 Bad Mergentheim): €1.00 each | Via the Reservix ticketing system: a fee based on the ticket price.