City of Jasmine

Awards:   Short-listed for Text & Sprache Prize 2018 (Germany)
Author:   Olga Grjasnowa ,  Katy Derbyshire
Publisher:   Oneworld Publications
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9781786077035


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   02 January 2020
Format:   Paperback
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City of Jasmine


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  • Short-listed for Text & Sprache Prize 2018 (Germany)

Overview

Syria - a country at war. Amid the horror and the brutality, three people, each with different reasons for being there, find themselves increasingly at odds with the authorities. Hammoudi - a surgeon, returning to his homeland to renew his passport. Amal - a young actress, eager to make her name. Youssef- an aspiring director and already marked out as an enemy of the regime. As each of them take up a role in the resistance, they encounter the sharp edge of the authorities' wrath. Soon they have no choice but to flee their homeland, facing untold dangers in a desperate bid to survive. City of Jasmine is an intimate and striking novel that offers real insight into the brutality of war and the humanity of many of those caught up in its horrors. An instant bestseller in Germany, it marks out Olga Grjasnowa as one of the most talented and admired young authors working there today.

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Author:   Olga Grjasnowa ,  Katy Derbyshire
Publisher:   Oneworld Publications
Imprint:   Oneworld Publications
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 19.80cm
ISBN:  

9781786077035


ISBN 10:   1786077035
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   02 January 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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`Grjasnowa's measured undemonstrative writing style (the book is beautifully translated from German by Katy Derbyshire) is central to the novel's success... A significant literary and moral success.' * <i>Big Issue</i> * `There are few authors writing in German as sensuously and vividly as Grjasnowa.' * <i>KulturSpiegel</i> * `Grjasnowa provides a close-as-skin understanding of what it's like to suffer bombardment, torture, and dislocation while remaining human and hopeful... Highly recommended.' * <i>Library Journal</i>, Reading Around the World: 12 Top Spring Titles for the Library Market * `An important and painful book.' * <i>Deutschlandradio Kultur</i> * `Olga Grjasnowa's sentences crack like a whip.' * <i>Suddeutsche Zeitung</i> * `It is wonderful that there are writers like Grjasnowa who can write brilliantly and decisively about the real world.' * <i>Brigitte</i> * `A dark, tragic story with the resilient light of humanity shining through it... It truly spoke to my soul.' * <i>Marjorie's World of Books,</i> blog review * `Olga Grjasnowa writes from the nerve center of her generation.' * <i>Die Zeit</i> * `Grajsnowa's extraordinary novel offers an opportunity to reacquaint ourselves with one of the great tragedies of our time - to remember what that nation once was, why and how the conflict began and what it has led to...Grajsnowa's measured undemonstrative writing style (the book is beautifully translated from German by Katy Derbyshire) is central to the novel's success...The reader isn't patronised or manipulated, and the emotional impact is all the greater. Characters come and go and live and die as the novel heads for its masterly, shattering denouement. A significant literary and moral success.' * <i>Big Issue</i> * `A truly gifted writer...[who] has a very bright future ahead of her.' * <i>Yahoo! Voices</i> *


Author Information

Olga Grjasnowa was born in Baku, Azerbaijan. Her debut novel Der Russe ist einer, der Birken liebt (All Russians Love Birch Trees) was awarded the Klaus-Michael Ku¨hne Prize and the Anna Seghers Prize. City of Jasmine is her third novel. Olga Grjasnowa lives with her family in Berlin. Katy Derbyshire, originally from London, has lived in Berlin for over twenty years. Her translation of Clemens Meyer’s Bricks and Mortar was longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2017. She occasionally teaches translation and also co-hosts a monthly translation lab and the bi-monthly Dead Ladies Show. Katy was recently awarded the Translator Prize of the Foundation for Art and Culture NRW – endowed with €25,000 – for her translation and advocacy work.

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