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Navid Kermani

Between Quran and Kafka

West-Eastern Affinities

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What connects Shiite passion plays with Brecht's drama? Which of Goethe's poems were inspired by the Quran? How can Ibn Arabi's theology of sighs explain the plays of Heinrich von Kleist? And why did the Persian author Sadeq Hedayat identify with the Prague Jew Franz Kafka?'One who knows himself and others will here too understand: Orient and Occident are no longer separable': in this new book, the critically acclaimed author and scholar Navid Kermani takes Goethe at his word. He reads the Quran as a poetic text, opens Eastern literature to Western readers, unveils the mystical dimension in the works of Goethe and Kleist, and deciphers the po… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-1-5095-0033-8
  • EAN: 9781509500338
  • Produktnummer: 19792540
  • Verlag: Wiley
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
  • Seitenangabe: 300 S.
  • Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm

Über den Autor


Navid Kermani is a writer and Islamic scholar who lives in Cologne, Germany. He has received numerous accolades for his literary and academic work, including the 2015 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, Germany's most prestigious cultural award.

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