Junge aus West-Berlin

Volume 18 of Kat Menschik's beloved book series: Maxim Leo's enchanting love story between Marc from West Berlin, who enjoys visiting the East on weekends because he is treated like a star there as a Westerner, and Nele from East Berlin, who reads Sartre, eats escargots, and dreams of Paris. It’s a tale of love in a time when nothing is as it seems, and nothing remains as it was.

For an entire generation, it was a wildly flirtatious summer: 1989. Rebellion and new beginnings everywhere. Joyfully colorful anarchy in the gray shadowland this side of the wall. An apocalyptic mood - but in a good way.

At the center: West Berliner Marc, who can be the person he has always wanted to be in East Berlin: an interesting, desirable man. As soon as he crosses the border, his friends from the East Berlin scene welcome him with open arms. Of course, it’s also because he brings coveted goods: books, records, music magazines. The East Berliners think he is a tour manager for cool bands in West Berlin; no one knows he actually just works as a roadie.

Until he meets the red-haired Nele at a party, a dreamer like him. She too wishes to be someone else, a duchess, a fairy, or at least French. When Nele and Marc stroll over the rooftops of Prenzlauer Berg, they feel soulmates. A free place in nowhere for their love. Until one day the wall falls...