Off to Graz: Exploring the City Through Literature and Photography

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The Graz author Gerhard Melzer explored the city on foot for five years. Diverse evidence of hundreds of walks is now a volume with 17 literary texts and photos about the 17 districts of Graz.

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From the extensive park to the narrow alley – Gerhard Melzer walked 1,170 kilometers all over Graz, discovering a fascinating variety off the beaten path: “It’s really exciting to see what’s in the hidden nooks and crannies of the city “There’s something to see in the city.”

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And in doing so, Gerhard Melzer encountered not only idyll and splendor but also the ugly: “I also walked through areas where one would actually like to demolish things – especially the many new buildings that are now being built, which is not always a feast for the eyes.”

Author also went through his own life

In doing so, the author gained a new image of Graz, always surprised by the bizarre or critical and tongue-in-cheek graffiti.

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“Walking also has something to do with ‘going through life’ – so I wanted to tell you a little bit about my life and my path through life.” This also includes today’s Maria Caesar Park, where Gerhard Melzer’s parents went when they went home -Reich calls from the Nazis had come from Bukovina, “and here they spent their first time in Graz in the Liebenau camp.”

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This is how Melzer’s life began in Graz, which the author and long-time director of the Franz Nabl Institute and the Graz Literaturhaus traces in the volume “Off to Graz”. And the author is sure – only those who walk can see the mice: “The mice are the seemingly trivial things, the little things, the quirky things – you only see them when you are traveling more slowly.” The book is also an invitation to Deceleration and an incentive to “go to Graz” yourself.

2023-11-15 09:03:50
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