Hendrik Bolz writes about a young man in crisis, about arriving in Berlin at the end of the noughties, and about his failed attempts to adapt to an enigmatic value system. From Stralsund to Zehlendorf, from a prefab block of flats to a campus full of left-wing, alternative, West German middle-class kids. In the news, bank bailouts and austerity; in his inbox, text messages from new acquaintances. So the mantra remains: two or three beers as soon as something seems to stir inside, and if someone comes on too strong, you’ve got to knock them out…
Born in Leipzig in 1988 and raised in Stralsund, Hendrik Bolz casts a stark yet nuanced gaze at a time from which our present has emerged. He became known as a member of the band Zugezogen Maskulin. Today, among other things, he is the podcast host of ‘Springerstiefel’ and a freelance writer.
