Only that we’re not on the eve of Hitler’s rise… place8: STASILAND (Anna Funder) Sounds surprisingly up to date, like techno scene and subculture in Berlin. Of course, there is a moving love story, much subtle weltschmerz and a huge amount of lostness in an ever-changing world full of entertainment, immorality and with no meaning. Fabian strolls through the vibrant nightlife of Berlin, through bawdy houses, grimy bars, and artists’ studios, and he observes, gets cynical, and philosophizes on morals. “Anything that assumes gigantic proportions may be imposing, even stupidity,” realizes Erich Kästner alias Fabian in the name-titled novel of 1931 and draws a touching, ironic but also very thoughtful image of the German metropolis between the golden twenties and the cruelties of the Nazis. Believe me, after a few pages you have forgotten blond Schweighöfer. With good reason, since the bizarre and funny short stories about a Jewish-Russian band of buskers, coming to Berlin after the collapse of the Soviet Union, draw a heartwarming image of the unfinished everland Berlin in the early 90s, and they deal with the grand questions of immigration and the life of an outsider in a country in transition. Since the movie of the same name from 2012, starring glamour boy Matthias Schweighöfer, the slightly older narrative by Wladimir Kaminer has been back on the display tables of the book stores. This week we present you the places 10 to 6: place10: RUSSIAN DISCO (Wladimir Kaminer) It should be clear now what ten tomes will wait under your Christmas tree.
And what could be nicer than getting lost in on of our ten favorite Berlin books: books from Berlin, about Berlin for Berlin. Winter is coming, so it’s the best time to pick up a real good book again.
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