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"It was a short trip. I'm sorry," Hamid said.

"It seemed pretty long to me.”

Timm thought of the endless loops of the CD dealer's deafening Latino music and the street vendors in their wide colorful skirts, remembered Manuel and her drives through Cusco at night and how Sonia brushed her black hair away from her face. He would come back, someday.

"It was nice anyway.”

"What impressed you the most?”

"You,” replied Timm.

reviews andnd Presse:

Taunus Zeitung:

In his book, Djafari ties the basic plot into relationship stories and surprising twists and only unties the knot at the very end.more

WDR COSMO:

Nassir Djafari tells his story with sober warmth, it sounds paradoxical, but that's exactly how it works. And offers one aha experience after the next.more

In any case, there is a debutant who does not have to prove anything to anyone, who can be fully involved with himself and his story, clever and without any vanity, always connected to the matter, the topic - this is mature literature in the very best sense, excellent.

– Ulrich Noller,WDR Cosmomore

EKZ library service:

The debut of the German-based author is a captivating father-son story and a touching coming-of-age novel.more

CulturMag:

The Book of the Heart: Nassir Djafari: One Week, One Life. A coming-of-age/father&Son-Roman, which is just likeable and loving. Softens encrusted souls, if any.more

Nassir Djafari in an interview from the Heinrich Böll Foundation:

Timm's attitude of denial calls into question Hamid's lifelong dream of continuing social advancement through the next generation. It is from this conflict that the story I am telling unfolds. Nevertheless, the question of identity is not the focus of my novel, it always resonates in the background, as is usually the case in life.more

 

One notices that the writer no longer has to prove anything to anyone. He's just doing it for himself and his story.

(Radio commentary)more