Als wir Schwäne waren | Lesung

In the organizer's words:

"But then at some point you said it was fair that there were islands, because after all, there are also lakes.
And I, a thousand fears older, said: Yes, that's fair. And I, a thousand lies wiser, didn't say that fair is such a simple word and justice such a difficult one."

A few sentences that come across as quiet and poetic at the same time and yet unfold such power with so few words. Just like Khani's book itself. In just under 200 pages, we immerse ourselves in Reza's life. His childhood in a prefabricated housing estate in the Ruhr area in the 1990s, where he arrives with his parents after fleeing Iran. His mother tries to gain a foothold in the new country, his father soon fails and in between Reza, whose childhood - still characterized by small moments of happiness that make him smile - soon gives way to a youth that throws him into the harsh reality of the prefabricated housing estate. A reality that gives you nothing, but in which you have to learn to swim, to keep your head above water in order not to sink. And in the end, the only question that remains is: Why? Why him there and me here? Why is his path so much rockier than mine?

Read by: Franziska Vondrlik, Ulf Goerges and Ralf Selmer

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