At the beginning of the Afghan war, young Rashid, born in Hamburg to an Indian father and a German mother, travels to India to claim an inheritance. There, he befriends a young Afghan and continues his journey to Peshawar, where he ends up in the middle of an anti-American demonstration. He is arrested, handed over to the Americans, and taken to the notorious Guantanamo.
What ensues is a remarkable literary experiment, a novel based on meticulous research. In six scenes, it describes Rashid s life at the camp. Sensitive yet utterly unsentimental, the novel explores the existential...

Wherever and whenever innocent persons are exploited by governments, Guantanamos will be repeated. It may be anywhere in the world. Kafka's prophetic vision of life in dark dungeons and unanswered riddles comes true. How many innocent and helpless prisoners are tortured, like Rashid How many days spent, each experienced as an age Guantanamos wail all around us. A situation that reminds us of James Joyce's "bodha dhara sanketham." Media persons, army personnel, ex-prisoners - information from these sources are imaginatively presented by Dorothea Dikma.