Şeyda Kurtpresented by ThaliaDo we need an apocalyptic novel like Şeyda Kurt's "Zeit der Monster" in these already problem-ridden times? Clearly yes! Because Şeyda Kurt sees not only the bad in the apocalypse, but also understands the term in its original meaning as revelation.The setting is a neighborhood, wild and damaged, but not abandoned. More and more people believe in an apocalypse, fueled by a prophecy circulating online. Sanya, young, restless, with a pistol in her backpack, wanders through this neighborhood. She is not alone. Around her stand the people of the neighborhood, where family and chosen family intertwine.Şeyda Kurt makes it clear for whom she has written this novel: "For all those who feel that we must remain human in the midst of chaos. And of course for all those who love great, magnificent, and also funny stories!"The journalist, playwright, and celebrated essayist Şeyda Kurt has written about love and hate. She calls her first novel "Zeit der Monster" a "thermometer with which I measure the fever dream called reality."Şeyda Kurt, born in 1992 and raised in Köln-Kalk, is a writer, publicist, curator, and moderator. She has worked for ZEIT ONLINE and Deutschlandfunk Kultur, among others, and was involved in the podcast "190220 – Ein Jahr nach Hanau," which won the Grimme Online Award. Her books "Radikale Zärtlichkeit. Warum Liebe politisch ist." and "Hass. Von der Macht eines widerständigen Gefühls" became bestsellers.
