Bücher der Reihe Contemporary German Writers and Filmmakers

A prolific and acclaimed writer, Feridun Zaimoglu made a spectacular entrance onto the German cultural scene in 1995 with Kanak Sprak. This edited volume features an unpublished first chapter of Leyla, his first novel (2006), an interview with the author and critical essays on his writing by major scholars in the field.

Navid Kermani - author, journalist and academic - has been at the forefront of recent debates about Islam and its role in Germany's political, social and cultural life. This is the first volume of criticism in English dedicated to Kermani's varied work, including an original interview with the author and a collection of essays on his writing.

Abbas Khider has established himself as one of the leading literary voices of refugees and marginalised communities in Germany today.Born in Baghdad, Iraq, hs novels probe important questions related to political, cultural, and linguistic identity. This volume represents the first collection of essays devoted to Khider's works to date.

«Offering a range of insightful readings of texts by Honigmann, this volume is engaging and compelling. It will resonate strongly with those readers familiar with Honigmann, deepening their understanding of her work, and will constitute, for others, an urgent invitation to explore her challenging, affecting, and humane ¿uvre further.»(Professor Emily Jeremiah, Royal Holloway, University of London)«Barbara Honigmann is one of the most incisive and engaging Jewish authors writing in German today. This collection of original essays, many of which illuminate the Jewish dimension of her texts, offers a superb introduction to the writer and raises the analysis of her work to new levels.»(Katja Garloff, Professor of German and Humanities, Reed College)This is the first full-length book in English devoted to the work of one of the most widely read and intriguing contemporary German-language writers. Barbara Honigmann, born in East Berlin in 1949 and a resident of Strasbourg since 1986, treats the major themes of our time from the special perspective of a practising Jewish woman. Her seemingly simple language navigates and reveals hidden complexities, an effect mirrored in her masterly use of form. This book covers Honigmann¿s entire ¿uvre, from her first breakthrough success to her most recent collection of essays and speeches. It includes detailed accounts of form and style, as well as wide-ranging discussions of themes and contexts. Approaching Honigmann¿s work from a variety of angles, including aesthetic analysis, feminist and memory studies, the literary exploration of space, and the investigation of autofiction, the essays collected here discuss Honigmann¿s unique voice and her treatment of identity and belonging, Jewishness across generations, migration and multiculturalism, postmemory and trauma, language and transcendence.The academic chapters in this volume are complemented by Honigmann¿s translation of an installation text by Chantal Akerman, an interview the book¿s editors conducted with the author in December 2021, and an extensive bibliography.