zing_och: pages of a book shaping a heart (lesen)
zing_och ([personal profile] zing_och) wrote in [personal profile] feuervogel 2013-01-08 02:57 pm (UTC)

here via [community profile] deutschland! I immediately thought of "Leyla" by Feridun Zaimoglu (which is on that list, too) and might be available in the US. "Leyla" mostly takes part in Turkey (though it was written in German). I really like his style, it's lyrical and very interesting. So that's a recommendation - unfortunately I don't know the others on the list.

If you like hard-boiled detective stories, I can recommend the Kayankaya books by Jakob Arjouni, starting with "Happy Birthday, Türke". It's classic noir, a Turkish German private eye in Frankfurt, Main. I'm not sure if this qualifies, though, since "Happy Birthday, Türke" came out in 1985, but the newest in the series, "Bruder Kemal", (which I haven't read yet) is from last year.

Hope that helps!

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