Books by Reinhard Kleist
“Olympic Dream is the story of Samia Yusuf Omar. If you watched the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she was the young Somalian woman who came in last…She doesn’t have the right clothes, she doesn’t really have the right shoes. But she runs, and she doesn’t give up. Everyone in the stadium was on their feet applauding her, because she had to defy her nation and defy her culture to get to be able to run. No one left the stadium before she finished, they’re all sitting there watching her, not a dry eye in the house…Reinhard Kleist traces this whole story of hers, and her family at home: how people gave up a lot to get the money so she could be smuggled. I’m not going to tell you what happens. It’s just the incredible story of this woman. I really recommend this book. It’s extraordinary.” Read more...
Five Graphic Novels People Need to Read
Ivanka Hahnenberger, Translator
Interviews where books by Reinhard Kleist were recommended
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The Bomb: The Weapon That Changed the World
by Didier Alcante, Laurent-Frédéric Bollée and Denis Rodier (illustrator) -
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An Olympic Dream: The Story of Samia Yusuf Omar
by Reinhard Kleist -
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Iranian Love Stories
by Jane Deuxard and Deloupy (illustrator) -
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Chaos in Kinshasa
by Barly Baruti (illustrator) & Thierry Bellefroid -
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GoSt 111
by Henri Scala, Marion Mousse (illustrator) & Mark Eacersall
Five Graphic Novels People Need to Read, recommended by Ivanka Hahnenberger
Five Graphic Novels People Need to Read, recommended by Ivanka Hahnenberger
Comics are a great way to read all sorts of stories, whether fiction, nonfiction, or a compelling blend of the two. Ivanka Hahnenberger, translator of more than 70 graphic novels, talks us through some of her favourites, from the history of the atomic bomb to the heartbreaking story of Olympic athlete Samia Yusuf Oman, from the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ to contemporary Iran and Paris.
