New Vahr South is a coming-of-age story which is set before an exciting contemporary background. The world was still clearly divided into two geopolitical blocks in 1980. The NATO Double Track Decision and the struggle against nuclear energy dominated the political debate in Germany. The left-wing alternative movement was activated - but not until the Green Party held its initial convention were they able to miraculously - and with great effort - unite fundamental ecologists, members of Marxist splinter parties as well as disoriented democrats under the auspices of an expansive political platform.
Sven Regener's protagonist, Frank Lehman, is caught in a balancing act between the disparate worlds of army barracks, on the one hand, and the Bremen district dominated by alternative political activists, on the other hand. Frank is no typical protagonist. He's a procrastinator who doesn't want to attract attention, but everything usually goes completely wrong. Despite his need to find peace and quiet, he is infused with the spirit of contradiction, and language is his strongest weapon. His tongue is what gets him in trouble often enough - for example, when a new army company spokesman is to be elected.
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Neue Vahr Süd
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I Like Birds
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Boys Don't Cry
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Jammin'
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Heroes
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Mongoloid
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My Generation
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