Vor einem großen Walde. Mit Leo Vardiashvili und Florian Lukas

Georgia 2010: fleeing the civil war, Saba's mother is left behind. Only years later does his father have enough money to look for her. But now his father also disappears in Tbilisi. It is up to Saba to set off into the unknown country and search for his family. He finds clues, notes and a warning: turn back! Leo Vardiashvili immigrated to England with his family from post-Soviet Georgia as a child. With Before a Great Forest, he has created an impressive, stirring and humorous debut - a book that resonates: "Amazing, full of history, honesty, beauty, sadness and a little magic. A book like no other, from an imagination like no other. Vardiashvili has written a triumph" (Andrew Sean Greer). "An overwhelming novel. Full of wit and the deepest humanity" (Khaled Hosseini).
German text: Florian Lukas, Mod.: Marie-Christine Knop