Politics and Literary Capital in Tomer Gardi's Broken German

Almog, Yael

Politics and Literary Capital in Tomer Gardi's Broken German

Almog, Yael

Authors

Dr Yael Almog yael.almog@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor

Abstract

The article investigates the solidarity between minority groups as a catalyst of literary capital. Tomer Gardi’s novel Broken German (2016) was viewed enthusiastically by literary critics as a bold political statement, since it entertains that immigrants may hold an affinity towards each other based on their exclusion from German culture. However, the novel also alerts us to the hierarchical consideration of immigrants in Germany, complicating the parallel between minority groups that diverge from each other starkly on economic terms. The novel thus forestalls the debates sparked by its publication, which approached its disjointed language as a gimmick and questioned its literary quality.

Citation

Almog, Y. (2022). Politics and Literary Capital in Tomer Gardi's Broken German. German Studies Review, 45(3), 557-576

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Dec 3, 2021
Online Publication Date	Oct 31, 2022
Publication Date	2022-10
Deposit Date	Dec 7, 2021
Publicly Available Date	Nov 9, 2022
Journal	German Studies Review
Print ISSN	2164-8646
Electronic ISSN	2164-8646
Publisher	Johns Hopkins University Press
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	45
Issue	3
Pages	557-576
Publisher URL	https://muse.jhu.edu/article/868152