U-Bahn, Mond und Sterne

Abstract

In the novels Der Himmel unter Berlin by Jaroslav Rudis, Seltsame Sterne starren zur Erde. Wedding — Pankow 1976/77 by Emine Sevgi Ozdamar, Der Mond isst die Sterne auf by Dilek Zaptcioglu and Selam Berlin by Yade Kara the authors develop poetics of the city from below and above. The figures search for the city’s history and identities below and above the surface. To them they can be found only there since the surface of the city itself is changing very rapidly.