The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, but quite often it falls into a story. Even stories where it doesn’t belong at all, as in one of the Christian creation stories, where it isn’t actually an apple that the cunning serpent uses to tempt. On the other hand, we know for certain that golden apples were magical objects associated with immortality and beauty among the ancient, ancient Greeks. The most famous of these delicious fruits is probably the Apple of Discord, thrown by Eris, the goddess of strife, to start the Trojan War.
Now that was an apple that got things moving, much like the apple Wilhelm Tell shot off his son’s head and the apples the Norse gods munch on to keep death at bay. Quite different from the apple Snow White took a bite of before nodding off for a very, very long time, or the petrol-station apple that gave its name to one of the finest poetry collections in recent Danish literature. Golden Delicious. Or the apples that rot and ferment in local folklore.
Before and after the storytelling, there’s time to relax with a glass (or several) of delicious cider and beer and chat with the cider makers in the Pilegård Cideri farm shop.
Readings and storytelling by author Dennis Gade Kofod
Dennis grew up at a remote seaside hotel on Bornholm. His mother was from Jutland and his father is from Bornholm – both with roots stretching back 1,000 generations. As a child, Dennis loved fantasy books, even though school was something of a struggle. His original dream, however, was not to become a writer, but a biologist. It wasn’t until midway through his second year of upper secondary school that he realised telling stories was what energised him most. He is proudest of being a self-taught maverick, as Politiken so aptly put it before the days of AI. Kofod also works at Bornholms Højskole and Psykiatrisk Center Bornholm.
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Price: 150,-
Meeting point: Pilegård Cideri, Fåregårdsvej 10, 3770 Allinge
