Olivier Guez. Die Welt in ihren Händen. Autorenlesung

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28.04.2026, Tue, 19:30
Olivier Guez. The world in her hands. (Kiepenheuer & Witsch)
Author reading and discussion in the series: Literature of the Neighbors

The book is a panorama of adventure and history. Olivier Guez tells the extraordinary life story of Gertrude Bell, who asserted herself as an adventurous, politically creative woman in the male-dominated period after the First World War and played an important role in the emergence of the modern Middle East. Guez masterfully interweaves Bell's private fate with the complex geopolitical factors of the time. The result is an entertaining and well-researched mixture of an emotional portrait of a woman and an impressive panorama of the Orient.

Olivier Guez (born 1974 in Strasbourg) is a journalist and author. He writes for renowned media such as Le Monde, the New York Times and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. His work has won numerous awards and his novel The Disappearance of Josef Mengele was an international bestseller and was also made into a film. Olivier Guez lives in Rome.