Christiane V. Felscherinow Book order
Christiane F. rose to prominence as a symbol of Germany's drug scene in the late 1970s. Her autobiographical work unflinchingly details her struggle with addiction during her youth, offering a raw and poignant look at the societal issues surrounding drug abuse. The candid nature of her narrative resonated deeply, bringing the harsh realities of her experiences to a wider audience. Beyond her writing, she also pursued a career in music.
- 2001
- 1980
Zoo Station
- 366 pages
- 13 hours of reading
In 1978 Christiane F. testified against a man who had traded heroin for sex with teenage girls at Berlin’s notorious Zoo Station. In the course of that trial, Christiane F. became connected with two journalists, and over time they helped to turn her story - which begins with a dysfunctional but otherwise fairly normal childhood - into an acclaimed bestseller. Christiane F.’s rapid descent into heroin abuse and prostitution is shocking, but the boredom, the longing for acceptance, the thrilling risks, and even the musical obsessions that fill out the rest of Christiane’s existence will be familiar to every reader. Christiane F.’s Berlin is a strange and often terrifying place, but it’s also a place that remains closer than we might think….
