Non-fiction
Between Quran and Kafka
Navid Kermani
Navid Kermani has dealt with world literature in numerous lectures, especially with the connections between oriental and western narrative art. His book Between Quran and Kafka brings together 15 literary reflections on influences of the Koran, the Shiite Passion Play and Iranian literature on Goethe, Brecht and Wagner, among others.
Translation sponsored by the Goethe-Institut