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	Hanser Friederike Barakat
Original language
German
Categories
Historical adventure fiction

Babel

Kenah Cusanit

A German archaeologist – and a task of biblical proportions

In 1913, not far from Baghdad, Robert Koldewey is leading the excavations of Babylon on behalf of the German Oriental Society. And in doing so, he lays bare the foundations of the Western world. Kenah Cusanit’s debut combines the history of ideas, contemporary history and adventure. Babel is a novel that changes our view of the present.

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Book Published 2019-01-01 by Carl Hanser Verlag Main content page count: 272 Pages

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Book

Published 2019-01-01 by Carl Hanser Verlag

Main content page count: 272 Pages

Comments

»What fantastic material, what an exquisite blend of worldly and
intellectual matters on a major historical scale as well as a small personal one!
Kenah Cusanit throws herself into the mix with wit and a taste for punchlines.«
Friedtjof Küchemann, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

»For a long time, there hasn’t been such
an accessible story about a city in literature
as in Kenah Cusanit’s novel.« Paul Jandl, NZZ

»It's the world history as a farce and a babble of voices that
Babel unfolds, but the sardonic intelligence of Kenah Cusanit
illustrates the sublime traits behind it.«
Ijoma Mangold, Die Zeit

»A book that towers over everything
else in contemporary German-language
literature this spring.« Denis Scheck, ARD Druckfrisch

»Babel is a fascinatingly complex book
impressive for its encyclopaedic breadth, technical
depth and intellectual density.« Roberta De Righi, AZ