Sara Gmür: »Achtzehnter Stock«

Moderation: Anja Wasserbäch, Stuttgarter Zeitung/Nachrichten
"Unfulfilled dreams are also dreams. They're just much more dangerous." - Wanda imagined her life differently. Completely different. Instead of film shoots and premieres, she spends the hot summer days in the courtyard of a Berlin apartment block, where she lives on the eighteenth floor with her five-year-old daughter Karlie. The elevator is out of order and the stairwell is one big dead zone where, if you're unlucky, you can miss out on your whole life. At the other end of the city, on the other hand, anything seems possible. When Wanda is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, she plunges into a world where money is no object and doors are always open. But no matter how far she goes, the slab at her back never really gets any smaller.
A summery urban novel between record and glamor - "Hard and rough and beautiful." (Mareike Fallwickl)

Photo: Sara Gmür (c) Urban Ruths