If You Knew the Date of Your Death - How Would You Live Your Life?

Name: If You Knew the Date of Your Death - How Would You Live Your Life?
Start: 2026-10-28T17:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-10-28T19:00:00+01:00
Location: Hovedbiblioteket

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 · 17:00 — 19:00

Hovedbiblioteket, Esbjerg · 25–50 kr. · ≈ 3.3–7 €

lecture date culture

If You Knew the Date of Your Death - How Would You Live Your Life? · Hovedbiblioteket, Esbjerg

Alen Mešković reads Den smukkeste afsked: Wednesday 28 October 2026, 17:00–19:00, Hovedbiblioteket, Esbjerg. Tickets cost 25–50 kr.

Danish-Bosnian author Alen Mešković explores this question in his critically acclaimed novel The Most Beautiful Farewell. Set in Denmark in 2041, the story unfolds in a world where nearly everyone knows their precise time of death - revealed at birth and registered in the system. Unexpected loss and unbearable farewells have been eliminated in favour of predictability and peace. But at what cost?

The Most Beautiful Farewell examines love and control, grief and resistance in a hyperrational welfare society under pressure from threats both within and without.