This is what the famous poet Heinrich Heine writes in his verse epic Germany. A Winter's Tale , when he travels to his beloved, yet hated, Germany in 1843 to visit his mother. He has already been living in French exile for twelve years and longs for his homeland: Heine, the Jew, the Christian, the German, the Frenchman, the Romantic, the eroticist, the ironic vanquisher of Romanticism – and the political writer.

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Sixteen Words takes us on the journey of Mona, a young journalist who, triggered by the loss of her grandmother, finds herself in an identity crisis and travels to Iran. This journey, which stretches from the familiar streets of Germany to the heart of Iran, is not only a farewell, but also a celebration of life and a shimmering self-reflection. It is an odyssey of self-discovery, artfully presented in sixteen chapters, each titled with a single Persian word that captures the essence of the story and defies translation.

Emma Bahlmann

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