Berlin Blues by Sven Regener
The staff recommended Berlin Blues, a recently translated book about a lazy young man whose life is shaken up when the Berlin Wall falls and he meets a beautiful woman, etc. It was recommended when I asked for something about Berlin, but not about the Nazis.
The KulturKapfhaus has a large English language section, with many new releases. The two bookstores I had visited earlier were limited to books about World War II, with maybe a few on the Berlin Wall. The KulturKapfhaus had books on World War II, the Berlin Wall, its aftermath, and plenty on Germany before World War II, all in English. It had a section of translated books by German authors. There were even recent graphic novels in English: a German history called Berlin Chronicles: A City Divided and an adaptation of the latest Cannes Palme d'Or Winner, Blue Is the Warmest Color.
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