Reading in german language: Ich erröte vom Schaft bis zur Sohle

Is a extraordinary anthology of thirty stories in which shoes play a central role. [Stories in which shoes are not merely random footwear or props, but the actual protagonists, the linchpins of the plot.] Shoes as symbols and metaphors appear time and again in literature, yet rarely have they been placed so consistently at the heart of literary narratives as in this special collection of original stories. Shoes hold memories; they tell of those who wear them, of their lives and their fates. [They are an expression of an attitude to life and reflect identity and a sense of belonging.] The authors [in this book] come from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Read by Christa Prameshuber and Wolfram and Gerrit Schneider-Lastin.