{"id":58408,"date":"2026-07-01T13:55:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dai-heidelberg.de\/en\/?post_type=dai_event&#038;p=58408"},"modified":"2026-10-27T11:16:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T10:16:19","slug":"michael-kleeberg-3","status":"publish","type":"dai_event","link":"https:\/\/dai-heidelberg.de\/en\/events\/michael-kleeberg-3-58408\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Kleeberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ernest Hemingway: a daredevil, a charmer, a bon vivant\u2014definitely a legend. And at the same time, a man driven by an inner turmoil who always had to prove himself; who demanded everything from himself and others.<br \/>\nWith a clever twist, Michael Kleeberg sets out in his novel <em>*Achilles in Taormina*<\/em> to trace the footsteps of his larger-than-life colleague\u2014and in doing so, forges his own identity: as a Hemingway scholar with heart and soul. What turns a boy into a man? What turns a man into a writer? 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