Karosh Taha

Karosh Taha, born in 1987 in Zaxo, Iraq, has lived in Germany since 1997. Her essays have appeared in various literary magazines. In the Belly of the Queen is her second novel and won her the Alfred Döblin Prize. Karosh Taha lives in Cologne.

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Karosh Taha

 ‘This is the tight, urgent style of an author who genuinely has something to say.’ Stefanie Roenneke, Neues Deutschland. Publishing 1 April 2023. Amal shocks the whole neighbourhood by beating up her classmate Younes. Her father defends her behaviour and encourages her to assert herself. From then on everyone avoids Amal – and then her

  • In the Belly of the Queen
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    1 April 2023