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So Ive read most of the books on the chart. What essential books are left?

>> No.5222558

>Zoo station.
Such a fucking good book.

"Christiane F. (born Vera Christiane Felscherinow on 20 May 1962) is a German actress and musician who is best known for her contribution to the 1979 autobiographical book Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo [We Children of Bahnhof Zoo], and the film based on the book, in which her teenage drug use is documented.

Felscherinow was born in Hamburg, but her family moved to West Berlin when she was a child. They settled in Gropiusstadt, a neighbourhood in Neukölln that consisted mainly of high-rise concrete apartment blocks where social problems were prevalent. Felscherinow's father frequently drank large volumes of alcohol and was abusive towards his two daughters while her mother was absorbed by an extra-marital relationship.

When she was 12 years old, she began smoking hashish with a group of friends who were slightly older at a local youth club. They gradually began experimenting with stronger drugs such as LSD and various forms of pills and she ended up trying heroin. By the time she was 14, she was heroin-dependent and a prostitute, mainly at West Berlin's then-largest train station Bahnhof Zoo. During this period, she became part of a group of teenage drug-users and sex workers of both sexes.

The book chronicles Felscherinow's life from 1975 to 1978, between the ages of 12 and 15 years, and depicts several of Felscherinow's friends, along with other drug users, as well as scenes from typical locations of the Berlin drug scene at the time.

After the initial success of the book and the film, Felscherinow found herself becoming something of a celebrity, both in Germany and other countries in Europe. A subculture of teenage girls in Germany began to emulate her style of dress and spent time around the Bahnhof Zoo station, which became an unlikely tourist attraction. This development concerned drug experts in the youth field, who feared that, despite the film's bleakness and numerous drug-related scenes (particularly those portraying the reality of heroin withdrawal), vulnerable teens regard Felscherinow as a cult heroine and role model.

Between 1982 and 1985, Felscherinow lived in Zurich with the Keel family, owners of the Diogenes publishing house. During this time she met Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Patricia Highsmith and Patrick Süskind. In 2013 she explained that she "lived between literature stars and the heroin scene" and described Platzspitz park in Zurich as "like Disney World for junkies".

>> No.5222566

>>5222528
>reading that many shitty books

fucking shit

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>>5222528
Naked Lunch was terrible imo, and was one of the biggest let downs /lit/ has recommended me. Didn't know wtf was going on but got a weird boner.

>> No.5222596

Scar Tissue and Mr. Nice are exceedingly good books. Probably the best two on that list.

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>>5222596
Agreed.
Even if you don't like RHCP (they're one of my favorite bands though), it's highly entertaining and honestly pretty spectacular that he's still alive.
A book from John would be incredible.

>> No.5224645

>>5222528

>A Million Little Pieces

Why the fuck is that there? Why the fuck is it anywhere??