Agri Ismaïl
Hyper

When Rafiq Hardi Kermanj, founder of the Communist Party of Kurdistan, is forced to flee Tehran for London with his family, they suffer the shame of penury and migration layered on Kurdish statelessness. Agri Ismail's electrifying debut novel follows the lives of Rafiq's three children and their increasingly desperate relationship to money.

Client: Albert Bonniers Förlag, 2023
Project: Typographic book cover for Agri Ismaïls debute book Hyper
Typefaces: Line (Letters From Sweden), Kormelink (WiseType), Martin (Vocal Type).

Read more about Hyper at albertbonniersforlag.se

Agri Ismaïl on SVT show Babel, March 15, 2024

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»I've read Hyper by Agri Ismaïl. Perhaps the most praised debut novel of the year so far? It's also beautiful. When I've been carrying it around this past month, several people have commented on the cover.«

Sandra Beijer, Elle.se

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»I've read Hyper by Agri Ismaïl. Perhaps the most praised debut novel of the year so far? It's also beautiful. When I've been carrying it around this past month, several people have commented on the cover.«

»I've read Hyper by Agri Ismaïl. Perhaps the most praised debut novel of the year so far? It's also beautiful. When I've been carrying it around this past month, several people have commented on the cover.«