Strange Stars Stare Down at Earth

In her new novel Emine Sevgi Özdamar writes about a Berlin of earlier times, the Berlin of the 70s, separated by the wall, torn between East and West. It´s the story of a young Turkish actress who comes to Berlin to work at Bertolt Brecht´s theatre. An extravagant perspective on German and Turkish people in West Berlin, the political excitements of the »deutscher Herbst«, life in East Berlin and finally a declaration of love for the theatre of Heiner Müller and Benno Besson.
With an excellent eye and in a hilarious way Emine Sevgi Özdamar looks at a lost Berlin – as from a different planet that turns memories into poetry.