Books in the Contemporary German Writers and Filmmakers series

A prolific and acclaimed writer, Feridun Zaimoglu made a spectacular entrance onto the German cultural scene in 1995 with Kanak Sprak. This edited volume features an unpublished first chapter of Leyla, his first novel (2006), an interview with the author and critical essays on his writing by major scholars in the field.

Ilija Trojanow established his name as an international writer with the novel Der Weltensammler or The Collector of Worlds (2006). This volume contains an interview with Trojanow, a previously unpublished essay on Lessing's Nathan the Wise, and essays by European and North American scholars on central aspects of Trojanow's growing oeuvre.

Navid Kermani - author, journalist and academic - has been at the forefront of recent debates about Islam and its role in Germany's political, social and cultural life. This is the first volume of criticism in English dedicated to Kermani's varied work, including an original interview with the author and a collection of essays on his writing.