Spiegelschriften. Neue arabische Literatur

Spiegelschriften. Neue arabische Literatur (Mirror Writing. New Arabic Literature)

Between Accommodation and Liberation

Published by the House of World Cultures

114 pages, brochure, text in German

ISBN 3-9808851-3-5

Price: 7 Euro

Available at the shop of the House of World Cultures

The polyphony of the Arab Near East is overwhelming. The themes of this literature, presented here for the first time in German translation, are shaped by the specific experiences of the authors from Lebanon and Iraq, Jordan and Palestine. Elias Khoury, the famous Lebanese intellectual and politically committed cultural critic, leads them, describing in his novel "Das Sonnentor" (Gate of the Sun) the life of Palestinian refugees, thus taking up the motif of exile - the central theme of all the authors presented here. While Zakaria Mohammed's novel "Alpenveilchen" (Cyclamen) presents the reality of life in today's Ramallah, Najwa Barakat investigates in "O Salam" memory and cultural heritage in Lebanon. The strongly expressive scenes from the novels and poems tell the reader stories of people who either want to liberate their lives from or must accommodate themselves to given constraints.

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