# Behzad Karim Khani liest aus seinem Roman "Als wir Schwäne waren"

Behzad Karim Khani liest aus seinem Roman "Als wir Schwäne waren" at Die Buchkönigin, Thursday 19 November 2026, 19:30.

- Price: 22 €
- Venue: Die Buchkönigin, Hobrechtstraße 65, 12047 Berlin
- Go to page: https://www.hanser-literaturverlage.de/buch/behzad-karim-khani-als-wir-schwaene-waren-9783446281424-t-5390

![Behzad Karim Khani liest aus seinem Roman "Als wir Schwäne waren"](https://noky.io/images/10add6015782b7610535d30efe534e01a89df8596bb48bcad59ab1e61f8ac837-2000.webp)

Behzad Karim Khani reads from his novel „Als wir Schwäne waren“. In it, a boy flees Iran with his family to the Ruhr region in the 1990s and experiences Germany as an affront. While his mother believes in getting ahead and his father is a writer, the son's anger grows in a neighbourhood ruled by violence. The novel tells of the diaspora as home, of the freedom in being a stranger and of the truth of swans.

## Dates

- Thursday 19 November 19:30 — Die Buchkönigin

Written by a model, sources: [hanser-literaturverlage.de](https://www.hanser-literaturverlage.de/buch/behzad-karim-khani-als-wir-schwaene-waren-9783446281424-t-5390)

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