Interkosmos BuchBar mit Necati Öziri

In the organizer's words:

Reading & talk with Necati Öziri about Vatermal

A book of radical truth and unforgettable intensity

"I want to forever deprive you of the possibility of not knowing who I was. I want you to know how your family was in Germany, how the last summer of my youth was before almost all my friends disappeared. I want you to know what it was like when your old friends patted me on the back and said that I would one day become like you: the hero of a failed revolution. I will write these stories down."

Necati Öziri writes a family story about a son, a mother and a sister whose lives and bodies are marked by social and political circumstances. And he writes about an absent father. A novel of radical truth, anger, strength, love and longing.

*** Shortlisted for the German Book Prize 2023 ***

"What a great storm of emotions!" Sasha Marianna Salzmann

"Necati Öziri's beguiling debut is a triumph for anyone who knows what it's like to lose an absent father for good, to find soul mates in cold places or to hover between life and death while holding their breath." Sharon Dodua Otoo

"What a beautiful, sad, humorous, intense, heartbreaking and beautifully told book. Reading it made me think a lot about masculinity and absent fathers. Highly recommended!" Linus Giese

Moderation: Stefanie Hirsbrunner

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