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Mahir Guven was born in 1986 in Nantes, the stateless child of refugees, his mother from Turkey and his Kurdish father from Iraq. He grew up with his grandmother between the city and vineyards. Older Brother, his first novel, was awarded the Goncourt First Novel Prize in 2018. Tina Kover’s translations for Europa include Négar Djavadi’s National Book Award-shortlisted novel, Disoriental, Anna Gavalda’s Life, Only Better, and The Little Girl on the Ice Floe by Adélaïde Bon."A masterpiece of a first novel."
The Guardian
"Superb...[Older Brother] accomplishes what the best kind of reporting can do: wade into questions that resist simple answers, while restoring dignity to its characters."
The New York Times Review of Books
"A winning debut."
Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
"One of the most astute international debuts of the year."
Shelf Awareness
In this powerful first novel, written in evocative language, Mahir Guven tells a story from within the very heart of our society, beset by the demons of Uberization and terrorism.”
Le courier de l’Atlas
"A striking debut that reveals the breadth of emotional disconnection that prejudice can stoke within a family."
Kirkus Reviews
“For his literary debut, Mahir Guven gives readers 300 high-flying pages.”
Le Figaro
“With the ambivalent sentiments of a pair of brothers alienated by two systems at its core, this first novel is gripping, illuminating, but also funny. It is a call to renew the dream for all those who set foot on French soil.”
L'Obs