A travel diary taking in the historical ravages still in evidence in the area between Russia and Germany, south through the Baltics, the Caucasus and Iran where Kermani's parents live Between Germany and Russia is a region strewn with monuments to the horrors of war, genocide and disaster. In September 2016, German-Iranian writer Navid Kermani set out to travel along the trenches that are now re-emerging in Europe, from his home in Cologne to the Caucasus and to Isfahan, the home of his parents.
