German or not German, that is NOT the question here
Özlem Topçu and Richard C. Schneider are, among many other things, two Germans, - and for many people that still do not go without saying. In their book, they spend a year looking at the country, its debates and how it treats “others”: sometimes annoyed, sometimes surprised, often angry. It is not just the opinions of two journalists, who are participating in the discourse between mainstream society and minorities, but also those of two friends.
A correspondence full of humour, insight and stories from two German worlds.
"Are we both German, habibi? I am getting to the age when I would like to no longer be thinking about this. However, we are probably more German than we think.” Özlem Topçu
“And therefore the terrain, on which we are meeting, the letters we are writing each other, are so ‘German’ in the best way. The common language. The culture that we share. Two products of this country, even if we are very different. There is some beauty to it. Because our parents were migrants, we can be friends today.” Richard C. Schnieder.
