Die vierzig Tage des Musa Dagh

It is still difficult to name the genocide of the Armenians that took place from 1915 to 1917. When Franz Werfel traveled through Anatolia in 1930, he was shocked by his encounters with eyewitnesses and began to meticulously research for a novel. 'The Forty Days of Musa Dagh' describes the fate of an Armenian family that is slowly marginalized and ultimately persecuted with violence. On their homeland mountain, Musa Dagh, their village community resists the expulsion. Thoughtful and nuanced, with a clear, flowing language, Werfel transforms this historical catastrophe into an impressive epic. Includes a contribution from Kindler's Literature Lexicon, with data on life and work, exclusively written by the editorial team of the literary journal TEXT + KRITIK.