ŞEYDA KURT & MARIA POPOV - Book Premiere "Zeit der Monster"

The debut novel by award-winning author and essayist Şeyda Kurt is finally here! Join her and journalist Maria Popov for the book premiere of "Zeit der Monster" - part pop novel, part social fiction, part tragicomedy.

The setting is a city neighbourhood. The time is the apocalypse - or so a growing number of people believe, whipped up by a prophecy racing through the internet. Through the wild, broken quarter where people still stick together, young Sanya roams with a pistol in her backpack, until one day she encounters a strange figure.

Somewhere between furious epic and vivid pop, between existential opera and warm soap opera, Şeyda Kurt asks what possibilities emerge when all order collapses. Sanya and her dazzling chosen family are tangled up in the far-reaching history of their community, crossing borders and generations. Can we live differently? This stirring, sharp debut novel answers: yes.

The novel is expected to be published in late July 2026 by Hanser Verlag.