Axolotl Roadkill

Helene Hegemann's hard-hitting debut. Sixteen-year-old Mifti has been living in Berlin since her mother's death, navigating a state of adolescence in turmoil. As a "pseudo-trauma-affected" troubled youth, she dances, sleeps around, and does cocaine to immerse herself in the capital's scene. What sets Mifti apart is her hypersensitivity and her open, questioning gaze towards a generation of parents who can care for neither themselves nor their children. Torn between genius and madness, Mifti exposes the language, life plans, and conventions of adults as the "general decay" of her neglected, affluent surroundings.