The entrance to the ‘Great Escape Room’ in Frankfurt. Image: FBM
By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson
Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through October 20
Organizers at Frankfurter Buchmesse (Wednesday through Sunday) have joined Stadtmarketing Frankfurt and Frankfurter Goethe-Haus to open the “Great Escape Room,” a diversion said to be inspired by Goethe’s Italian Journey.
The Escape Room is part of the spotlight placed on Frankfurt’s Guest of Honor Italy at Buchmesse, off the actual Messe, or fairgrounds.
In his travelogue, Goethe (1749-1832) describes his stay in Italy from September 1786 to May 1788. The Escape Room, according to promotional copy provided to Publishing Perspectives, “gives Goethe’s travelogue a contemporary dimension and creatively combines cultural history with modern storytelling.”
It gives visitors, organizers say, an idea of what Goethe’s stay was like in the Via del Corso in Rome.
Up to six participants per 20-minute round can immerse themselves in the most important stages of Goethe’s journey with the help of texts and images.
By solving the puzzles and tasks, guests “can experience Goethe’s journey in a playful way.”
Visitors can win a total 150 tickets for “Frankfurt Sunday,” this coming weekend’s closing day of the book fair on October 20.
There’s to be a raffle among all participants for the tickets, and each participant is promised a small prize, too.
Book fair visitors, literature enthusiasts, and all of Frankfurt’s citizens and visitors are invited to experience the Great Escape Room each day this week, between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. at Frankfurt’s Paulplatz. No advance registration is required. Children are welcome if accompanied by an adult. Admission is free of charge.
More information can be found here.
The Escape Room is supported by the City of Frankfurt am Main, in co-operation with Buchmesse and Frankfurter Goethe-Haus.
Inside the’Great Escape Room.’ Image: FBM
More from Publishing Perspectives on Frankfurter Buchmesse is here; more on international book fairs and publishing-industry trade shows is here; and more on the German book publishing industry and book business is here.