Through dialogue

and the next year was awarded the Graça Aranha Prize for the best first novel

no longer living in our midst and being involved in all matters of everyday life from the trivial to the dire

lehrt als Privatdozent Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften an der TU Braunschweig

Der Einstieg fällt leicht

Islands of Exile - Hemmed in by the Sea Cary Siress Through dialogueSurrounded by unyielding waters, islands have long served as ideal sites of banishment: places where those deemed unfit to exist within the political order, are cast away. Today, at the edges of democracy, and as obedience increasingly becomes an imperative for public presence, the specter of exile islands resurfaces. The entry point for this book is a research trip to Gyaros, an island scarred by memories of displacement and persecution memories