Jakob Hein, Nina Kunzendorf and the absurd tale of Grisha and the grass
Jakob Hein’s novels have already given us astonishing glimpses into world history (“Leutnant Stern and His Mission to the Orient”). This time, he stands out with an absurd retelling of history. Wie Grischa mit einer verwegenen Idee beinahe den Weltfrieden auslöste [“How Grisha’s Bold Idea Nearly Caused World Peace”] is the tale of a shy official who comes up with a plan to turn her ailing organization (in this case, the GDR) into a roaring success. Right on the border between East and West Germany, Grisha opens a “German-Afghan Friendship Shop”, selling a product that has made Afghanistan extremely popular among hippies, dropouts and students. And suddenly, countless young people from the West come to East Berlin. Reading this will make you shed tears of laughter, and you’ll finally discover why Franz Josef Strauß once gave the GDR a loan of a billion Deutschmarks. Reading by: Nina Kunzendorf; Host: Shelly Kupferberg
Contributors
Jakob Hein
Jakob Hein, born in 1971, works as a psychiatrist. He has now… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
Nina Kunzendorf
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Shelly Kupferberg
Journalist and moderator Shelly Kupferberg was born in Tel-Aviv in… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
Books
Wie Grischa mit einer verwegenen Idee beinahe den Weltfrieden auslöste
Jakob Hein
Galiani Berlin
978-3-86971-316-8
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22. March 2025
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