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Pretty beautiful.
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That scar is proof that Mutti has what it takes to survive herself.
"We will be accused of 'Hetzschrift'," she says. "Or of that other thing: 'Schmähschrift'." Any word she can think of for the crimes she might commit: smears, libel, aiding, abetting. They have won their battle against her. She is afraid. She has been voided.
She protects herself, and you can't help her, and this, you think, is what she means to say. That surviving has its ...more
(with a good list of sources at the end)
That scar is proof that Mutti has what it takes to survive herself.
"We will be accused of 'Hetzschrift'," she says. "Or of that other thing: 'Schmähschrift'." Any word she can think of for the crimes she might commit: smears, libel, aiding, abetting. They have won their battle against her. She is afraid. She has been voided.
She protects herself, and you can't help her, and this, you think, is what she means to say. That surviving has its ...more
A lyrical coming-of-age story of two young people - one in West Berlin and the other in East Berlin - and their quest to be together. Interspersed are glimpses into Ada's home life with her mother and grandmother in Kreuzberg, her late night outings as a graffiti artist and her work with the Turkish immigrant community. I picked this book up at the Chronicle Books warehouse sale.
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