While We Were Dreaming

Rico, Mark, Paul and Daniel were 13 when the Berlin Wallfell in autumn 1989. Growing up in Leipzig at the timeof reunification, they dream of a better life somewherebeyond the brewery quarter. Every night they roam thestreets, partying, rioting, running away from their fears,their parents and the future, fighting to exist, killing time.They drink, steal cars, feel wrecked, play it cool, longingfor real love and true freedom. Startlingly raw and deeplymoving,While We Were Dreamingis the extraordinarydebut novel by one of Germany's most ambitious writers,full of passion, hope and despair.