The Struggle, Love and Faith

Flemming Kloster Poulsen presents three existential novels as oral storytelling performances - without slides, without aids, only the spoken word. Each session lasts one hour and is followed by a short break, after which there is an open discussion about the story's themes and the author.

Flemming Kloster Poulsen has three StorySLAM victories from London on his CV and has spent 13 years running FortælleCafe in Randers with monthly retellings of Nordic novels. He is a former priest in both Randers and London and has published four books about people, existence and storytelling.

Registration is required for each event. Tickets cost 75 kr. + booking fee. The events are held in the Cultural Centre hall at Randers Main Library.

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The Struggle: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Monday 19 October 2026, 17:00-19:00

Hemingway's novel about a man in Cuba who struggles against the forces of nature and his own limits, told as an intense oral narrative. The story revolves around human endurance in the face of the impossible.

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Love: Barbara by Jørgen-Franz Jacobsen
Monday 16 November 2026, 17:00-19:00

A new priest arrives in the Faroe Islands and falls in love with the beautiful Barbara. The love drama contains Kingo's hymns, deception and a robust humour about life's dangerous and uncontrollable sides - and invites discussion about when foolishness is a human necessity.

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Faith: Jerusalem by Selma Lagerlöf
Monday 7 December 2026, 17:00-19:00

A group of Swedish farmers are awakened in faith and travel to Jerusalem to serve God. Lagerlöf's novel raises the question of whether faith liberates humanity - or binds it.