Andreas Baum (b. 1967) grew up in Nairobi and Hesse, Germany. He studied journalism and Latin American studies in Berlin and has written as a journalist for well-known German newspapers. Since 2013 he is the culture editor and an author at Deutschlandradio Kultur. Wir waren die neue Zeit (We were the new era) is his first novel.
Photo: Daniel Krieg
In post-unification Berlin, groups of squatters compete for empty housing. Who will gain the upper hand?
The next morning, a group of angry men were standing in…
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