Nora Osagiobare: «Daily Soap»

Toni's skin tone falls into the category of cappuccino macchiato, served on a balmy November evening in Sri Lanka (according to the national categorization of people of other colors). But it's not just everyday racism that bothers her, but also her family's questionable passions for insurance policies, affairs, scam mails and garden fences. And then there are her chronic headaches as well as her twin sister, who is better than her in almost everything. Only when Toni watches her daily soap can she switch off for a moment. Until at some point even that is no longer possible. Meanwhile, the family-owned company Banal & Bodeca is exposed to a fierce shitstorm. To refute the accusation of racism, it wants to have a reality show with Black actors produced. When the paths of the two families cross, unexpected entanglements occur. All those involved must ask themselves: Isn't life itself a kind of soap opera?

Nora Osagiobare, born in Zurich in 1992, studied literary writing in Biel and Vienna. With her debut novel »Daily Soap«, she was a scholarship holder of the Prose Authors' Workshop at the Literary Colloquium Berlin and received a work grant from the Canton of Zurich. She lives in Zurich.