„Ein Monster in mir“von Halim Youssef steht auf der HOTLIST

Juni 11, 2021

„Ein Monster in mir“ steht auf der HOTLIST.

Die „HOTLIST for Arabic Books“- Listen von HOTLIST sind Nominierungen aus Veröffentlichungen arabischer Verlage für interessierte englischsprachige Verlage aus aller Welt.
Es ist ein Projekt der International Alliance of Independent Publishers

Der Roman „Ein Monster in mir“ von Halim Youssef wurde im Jahr 2018 von Safsafa- Verlag in Ägypten veröffentlicht.

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Halim Yousef is a German writer born in Kurdistan (Syria), who moved to Germany in 2000. He writes and speaks Kurdish, Arabic and German. He has published more than ten books of fiction, won the Kurdish best Novel Award in 2015 and is a member of the German PEN Club.

The Beast Inside Me is a story about the life of two generations in Syria, who have lived in the time of Al-Asad family (father and son), during the worst years of culture of fear and mass killing. Salar, the narrator, tells his teacher’s story in the primary school, who had been arrested in prison in the time of Al-Asad (the father) for political charges. After the death of Al-Asad (the father) the teacher got out of prison. Between this two times the issue of the big beasts whom had been tamed by the father’s generals is unfold. The beasts moves increase, and these alien beings spread all over the country. People are starting to lose their humanities little by little, they are slowly transforming into monsters…

The Beast Inside Me

„Ein Monster in mir“von Halim Youssef steht auf der HOTLIST

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