Rico, Mark, Paul and Daniel were 13 when the Berlin Wall fell in autumn
1989. Growing up in Leipzig at the time of reunification, they dream of
a better life somewhere beyond the brewery quarter. Every night they
roam the streets, partying, rioting, running away from their fears,
their parents and the future, fighting to exist, killing time. They
drink, steal cars, feel wrecked, play it cool, longing for real love and
true freedom. Startlingly raw and deeply moving, While We Were Dreaming
is the extraordinary debut novel by one of Germany's most ambitious
writers, full of passion, hope and despair.