Daniel Schreiber spricht mit Rasha Khayat

In the organizer's words:

Daniel Schreiber - Metropolenschreiber Ruhr and a widely read author himself - talks to author Rasha Kayat about origins, friendship and family

Rasha Kayat has written a book entitled I'm not coming back. In it, she tells the story of Hanna, Zeyna and Cem - a luminous friendship that begins one summer in the late 1980s. They grow up together in a workers' housing estate in the Ruhr area, forming a family of choice in which origin plays no role. Home is where they can be together. But the older the children get, the more visible the differences between them become.

In a linguistically gripping yet poetic way, the wonderful author tells us about the gaps in our lives and how we try to overcome them, about the infinite love in an unusual family constellation and a deep friendship in a world that is falling apart at the seams.

"This book is like an outstretched hand. A sad and beautiful protest against everything that divides people instead of uniting them."
Daniela Dröscher

The book has been nominated for the Hamburg Literature Prize 2024 (Book of the Year | Shortlist).
In cooperation with the BROST-STIFTUNG (Mülheim/ Essen).

A salon in the great atmosphere of Christian Deutscher's photo studio - drinks included!