What is Possible Now by Navid Kermani

What is Possible Now by Navid Kermani

Navid Kermani is one of the outstanding public intellectuals of his generation. Not one for drawing hard and fast conclusions, his style of thought is probing, observant, often straying from well-trodden paths and always peering beyond the present moment to trace connections and grasp the bigger picture. Well known for his prize-winning novels and major works of non-fiction, Kermani has also gained widespread acclaim as a journalist, displaying a rare political sensitivity which manages to illuminate what politicians fail to see and to seek out solutions where all appears hopeless. This volume brings together his brilliantly perceptive writing from the last thirty years, on topics ranging from terror in the Middle East to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As a record of Kermani’s uniquely compassionate curiosity, this absorbing book is a welcome antidote to the confusion and despair that stalks global politics today.

"Among the most thoughtful intellectual voices in German today"
New York Review of Books

"Navid Kermani shows us what it means to be a critical intellectual today."
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

"The most interesting voice Germany has."
Die Welt

"When reading Navid Kermani’s essays, Kent’s line from King Lear comes to mind: “I'll teach you differences.” Navid Kermani is a master of differences and an enemy of rash judgments. His analyses of current political and cultural crises are eye-opening and often disturbing in the best sense of the word."
Wolf Lepenies, Rector Emeritus, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin

"From a considered examination of the proposition that it was the Afghans who brought down the Berlin Wall to a scintillating essay on gender in language, What is Possible Now is a dazzling, provocative and thoroughly engaging survey of our times that is nothing less than essential reading for anyone who wants to understand where we are now and what is still possible."
John Burnside, University of St Andrews

Navid Kermani is a writer and 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 Publishers’ Association, Germany’s most prestigious cultural award.

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ISBN 13	9781509557646
ISBN 10	1509557644
Title	What is Possible Now
Author	Navid Kermani
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published	2023-11-24
Number of pages	262
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