Ayda, Bear, and Hare
It doesn’t matter if you’re Persian, German, Turkish, Bear, or Hare—as long as you have great friends!
Navid Kermani’s story about friendship, tolerance, and overcoming ...
Navid Kermani
Navid Kermani born in Siegen in 1967, lives in Cologne. For his literature and essays, he has received the Kleist Prize, the Joseph Breitbach Prize and the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade in 2014, among others. His most recent publications by Hanser include Dein Name (2011) Über den Zufall (2012), Große Liebe (2014) and Album (Das Buch der von Neil Young Getöteten / Vierzig Leben/ Du sollst/ Kurzmitteilung, 2014). Ayda, Bear, and Hare is his first children’s book. www.navidkermani.de
Paris, In a Way
A writer has written a novel about the love of his life during his youth. After a reading, a woman he doesn’t recognise approaches him. But nevertheless – it is her. What happens to a true ...
moreAlbum
For his novels Dein Name and Große Liebe, Navid Kermani was lauded one of the most inventive and spirited authors of our time. Now his early novels and short stories have been collected in one ...
moreThe First Cut
My first true love – blown out of all proportion by hindsight – didn’t even last a week from first kiss to break-up; but the heartbreak lasted a lot longer, right up till today, really, ...
moreYour Name
An unprecedented narrative masterpiece, Your Name makes for a highly compelling read. Navid Kermani's descriptions of everyday life are as precise as his portrayals of momentous events such as ...
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