A cynical local reporter discovers that the grandmother who brought him up is actually not his blood relative. Suddenly, the past he has called his own turns out to be a complete fabrication; from the stories of his parents' lives to the photos in the family albums. Here starts the most important investigation the reporter has ever undertaken, and one in which the main character is the mother he never knew. He must find what links the woman who gave birth to him to the murderous past of the Yugoslav Secret Services and the liquidation of political opponents abroad and embark on a journey will take him to the site of wartime atrocities, on the trail of fake suicides across Europe, and back to the fate of a local Jewish mystic. Through his own unique and now recognizable style, Nikolaidis takes us into a world of criminal intrigue and a dissection of our humble human existence. Powerful, rich in philosophy, readers will be gripped by this binding narrative and the existential dilemmas it reveals.
Biografie
Andrej Nikolaidis wuchs als Kind einer montenegrinisch-griechischen Familie in Sarajevo auf und lebt in Montenegro. Nikolaidis ist für seine schonungslosen Anti-Krieg-Reportagen und sein bedingungsloses Eintreten gegen Nationalismus und für Menschenrechte bekannt. Er gilt als einer der einflussreichsten Intellektuellen der Region. Nikolaidis ist Schriftsteller und Publizist, er veröffentlichte mehrere Romane und einen Kurzgeschichtenband. Für den Roman Sin erhielt er 2011 den Literaturpreis der Europäischen Union.
