Der Literarische Salon mit Alhierd Bacharevič

The Belarusian author Alhierd Bacharevič has given us a dark yet poetic work with The Dogs of Europe, a daring, political novel that is banned in his home country and whose distribution is punishable by law. He was awarded the "Book Prize for European Understanding" in Leipzig last year for it. The jury judged that there could be no more passionate story about Europe and its abysses. The author himself says it is an anti-imperial novel, but above all it is about the language of power and the power of language. The playful wildness with which the author, who was born in Minsk in 1975, drives us through a mixture of vision of the future, political thriller and dystopia is undoubtedly something to behold. Navid Kermani and Guy Helminger are looking forward to this visionary ride through the present - and at the same time fear what lies ahead.