I Confess, Revelations in Exile – Kooshyar Karimi candlestick later published as The Idea

later published as The Idea of Home

Each of the Bender siblings made a decision based on love

The clean lines and repetitive nature in urban landscapes inspire my work

It was work that they hoped would spare them from the gas chambers

He suffered privately until he began returning to Germany and Poland to confront his past and come to terms with the deaths of his parents and of Halina

I Confess, Revelations in Exile – Kooshyar Karimi candlestick later published as The IdeaWhilst many stories have come out of Iran in the last few decades, nothing matches the grittiness of this portrayal of life in the crumbling alleyways and damp cellars of an Iranian slum district The extreme poverty and desperation, and the regular betrayals and compromises, even within families, in the fight for survival. Born on the back seat of a police car in the subzero temperatures of a bleak and icy winters night, Karimi summons extraordinary