Kiss of the Koi

Reiner Kunze says his book, »Kiss of the Koi«, came into being from »the melancholy of happy moments.« He calls it his »'counter-book', a book to counter the prevailing tone of ugliness, nastiness, brutality.« To accompany his reflections, Kunze spent four years taking photographs from the edge of his pond - at no time using an underwater camera. He created portraits of his colorful Japanese carp (Koi) that show the dignity and individual characteristics of each fish, a photographic accompaniment as unique as the fact that a poet would use a Koi as a point of departure to reflect on our animal nature. The author speaks of them as his »allies.« Readers whose souls are not encased in a »coat of chain mail armour« will feel this way about the book.

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Reiner Kunze was born in 1933 in Oelnitz, Eastern Germany as the son of a miner. He graduated from Leipzig University in philosophy and journalism. In 1977 he moved to the Federal Republic of Germany. He published various poetry and volumes and the much translated prose volume Die wunderbaren Jahre with S. Fischer Verlag and was awarded many literary prizes, among them Georg Trakl prize, Geschwister Scholl Prize and the renowned Georg Büchner prize.