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SUMMARY:Sarnath Banerjee: Absolute Jafar
DESCRIPTION:Book launch and discussion with Sarnath Banerjee and Elke FalatSet in a world where bureaucracies and borders shape human relationships\, Sarnath Banerjee’s Absolute Jafar is a poignant meditation on belonging and becoming. Perhaps the author’s most personal work yet\, it is a bittersweet rhapsody\, rich in humanity\, wit and imagination.Brighu is getting older. Badminton has replaced judo\, irritation has replaced anger\, metabolism has slowed down. Yet\, some things remain: the inability to take a cab\, anxieties about the digital universe and panic for the future. So Brighu walks. Unceasingly\, through known and unknown terrains\, with the pointlessness of a detective without a case.An Indo-Pak romance withstands years of toxic nationalism between two hostile countries\, only to unravel in a third\, in Europe. Jafar\, born of that romance\, inherits a history he has no control over. As he grows up in Berlin\, his father\, Brighu\, desperate to hold on to the fantasies of a fading home\, tells him bedtime stories: of sultans and jinns\, of street food and eccentric cousins\, of Delhi\, Calcutta and Karachi.The event will be held in English.++++++The event is taking place at the Hansabibliothek as part of the OFFEN FÜR KULTUR project.You can find the full OFFEN FÜR KULTUR programme here: www.offen-fuer-kultur.de.OFFEN FÜR KULTUR is funded by the LOTTO Foundation Berlin.
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