Summer 24 – The new novel from Navid Kermani
What is it like when your familiar world disintegrates, when what was normal yesterday no longer applies today? In his new novel Summer 24, author Navid Kermani (“The Alphabet up to S”, “Israel: An Exchange”) captures this moment in the space of one intense summer: The narrator’s friend, who recently went politically astray, has taken his own life. Wars are inching closer, and debates are getting shriller. Even in private life, things that seemed certain are now crumbling: The narrator’s girlfriend thinks he’s a macho, but this is far from the worst accusation that is currently shaking his perception of himself. With inimitable style, Navid Kermani manages to encapsulate our present moment through its contradictions, to forgive what appears to be unforgivable and, even more importantly, to endure the truly irreconcilable. An existential, clairvoyant novel for our time. Host: Wiebke Porompka
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Wiebke Porombka
Wiebke Porombka worked as a dramaturgy and directing assistant at the… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
Navid Kermani
Born in 1967, Navid Kermani is an Oriental studies scholar and works… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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