While We Were Dreaming
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Rico, Mark, Paul and Daniel were 13 when the Berlin Wall fell in autumn 1989. Growing up in Leipzig at the time of reunification, they dream of a better life somewhere beyond the brewery quarter. Every night they roam the streets, 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, longing for real love and true freedom. Startlingly raw and deeply moving, While We Were Dreaming is the extraordinary debut novel by one of Germany's most ambitious writers, full of passion, hope and despair.
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Clemens Meyer was born in 1977 in Halle and lives in Leipzig. Bricks and Mortar, his first novel to be published in English by Fitzcarraldo Editions, was shortlisted for the German Book Prize, awarded the Bremer Literaturpreis 2014, longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize, and shortlisted for the 2019 Best Translated Book Awards. His collection of stories, Dark Satellites, appeared with Fitzcarraldo Editions in Katy Derbyshire's translation in 2020. While We Were Dreaming, Meyer's debut novel, was originally published in Germany in 2007.
Content
- Intro
- PRAISE
- TITLE PAGE
- CONTENTS
- CHILD'S PLAY
- ALL THE LOVELY LANDMINES
- PALAST-THEATER
- RAYS
- THE BLACK HOLE
- THE BIG FIGHTS
- CHIPS AND KETCHUP
- ALWAYS PREPARED
- THE RETURN
- GREEN NIGHTS
- INJURY TIME
- ZEITHAIN JUVENILE CUSTODY CENTRE
- ALL MY WOMEN
- EASTSIDE STORY
- IN THE SILVER SLOPE
- TATTOO-THILO
- MONGRELS
- SHOTS
- RETURN, GOODBYE
- GREEN PASTURES
- BIG DIPPER
- BOY RACER
- MEETINGS
- JOB CREATION SCHEME
- HOUNDDOG HEART
- ICARUS
- GOODBYES
- WHEN WE WERE REPORTERS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS
- COPYRIGHT
