
Shida Bazyar - Die Lücken
An evening with German author Shida Bazyar discussing her novel "Die Lücken" in Bonn.
Shida Bazyar is a German author born in 1988 in Hermeskeil. Her fiction explores migration, memory and German society - her debut novel "Nachts ist es leise in Teheran" (2016) was translated into numerous languages. "Drei Kameradinnen" (2021) brought her wider recognition, and her latest book "Die Lücken" digs into the buried history of a fictional German village.

An evening with author Shida Bazyar discussing her new novel "Die Lücken", a literary archaeology interweaving the fates of Jewish families, Nazi profiteers, and contemporary Iranian refugees.

German author Shida Bazyar reads from her new novel "Die Lücken", which traces 90 years of German village history and its inhabitants - from Jewish families to contemporary Iranian migrants.

Shida Bazyar reads from her book "Die Lücken" at the Literaturhaus Villa Clementine in Wiesbaden.

Book premiere of "Die Lücken" by Shida Bazyar, an award-winning author whose mosaic novel spans 90 years of German history through the fictional village of Heimesbach. The evening is moderated by Björn Jager.