{"id":45392,"date":"2026-06-12T14:03:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/?post_type=news&#038;p=45392"},"modified":"2026-06-12T14:04:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:04:04","slug":"solitude-alumnus-sarnath-banerjee-publishes-the-graphic-novel-absolute-jafar","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/en\/news\/solitude-alumnus-sarnath-banerjee-publishes-the-graphic-novel-absolute-jafar\/","title":{"rendered":"Solitude alumnus Sarnath Banerjee publishes the graphic novel \u00bbAbsolute Jafar\u00ab"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"template":"","news_type":[664],"class_list":["post-45392","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_type-news-en"],"acf":{"bgcolor":"","bgcolor_custom":"","custom_color_css_variable":"","content_type":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content_txt","_acfe_flexible_layout_title":null,"bgcolor":"has-bg-custom","bgcolor_custom":"rgb(255,255,255)","layout_col_size":12,"txt_cols":"is-1-txtcol","txt":"<p data-start=\"100\" data-end=\"438\">Solitude alumnus Sarnath Banerjee has published his graphic novel <em data-start=\"168\" data-end=\"184\">Absolute Jafar<\/em>. His latest work is a profound and deeply personal exploration of identity, family heritage, and the fragile notion of home. Memory, migration, and political borders emerge as forces that shape human lives in ways that are both intimate and political.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"440\" data-end=\"691\">Published by HarperCollins Publishers India, the book continues the story of the graphic novel <em data-start=\"539\" data-end=\"549\">Corridor<\/em>. Its protagonist, Brighu, is now middle-aged and finds himself suspended between his new home in Berlin and the life he left behind in Delhi.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"693\" data-end=\"1038\">At the heart of the narrative is Brighu\u2019s relationship with his son, Jafar, who was born from an Indian\u2013Pakistani love story. Through bedtime stories, Brighu passes on to his son a sense of a lost homeland \u2013 Karachi and Kolkata, its food, humour, and family traditions. In the process, the boundaries between reality and imagination begin to blur.<\/p>\r\n<p data-start=\"1040\" data-end=\"1602\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Sarnath Banerjee<\/span><\/span> (born 1972 in West Bengal, India) is the author of several graphic novels, including <em><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Corridor<\/span><\/span><\/em>, <em><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">The Harappa Files<\/span><\/span><\/em>, and <em><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Doab Dil<\/span><\/span><\/em>. His installation <em><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Critical Imagination Deficit<\/span><\/span><\/em> was presented at the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">13th Berlin Biennale<\/span><\/span> in 2025. His recent exhibitions include <em><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">The Melancolony of a Heartburn City<\/span><\/span><\/em> and <em><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">The Spectral Times<\/span><\/span><\/em>. Banerjee was a fellow of the Academy in the Literature discipline during 2006\/2007.<\/p>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content_txt","_acfe_flexible_layout_title":null,"bgcolor":"has-bg-yellow","bgcolor_custom":"","layout_col_size":12,"txt_cols":"is-1-txtcol","txt":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"114\"><strong>On 14 June, Sarnath Banerjee will present his graphic novel <em data-start=\"62\" data-end=\"78\">Absolute Jafar<\/em> at the Hansabibliothek in Berlin.<\/strong><\/p>\r\nWhen: June, 14,\u00a0 2026, 4\u20136 pm\r\n\r\nWhere: <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Hansabibliothek<\/span><\/span>, Altonaer Stra\u00dfe 15, 10557 Berlin"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akademie-solitude.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_type?post=45392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}