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.

English

Between Quran and Kafka
Navid Kermani
Translation: Tony Crawford
Ca, Polity 2016
200 pages
Translation sponsored by the Goethe-Institut

German original title

German

Navid Kermani
Zwischen Koran und Kafka

München, Verlag C.H.Beck 2014
364 pages

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