WIR KINDER VOM BAHNHOF ZOO

By Christiane F.
Published by Gruner und Jahr, January 1979 | First Press
Softcover | 333 pages | 14.1 x 21.1 cm
Language: German
Condition: Good — Front and back paper with minor age-related details, but no visible aesthetic damage

A devastating portrait of lost youth, Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo is the true story of Christiane F., a teenage girl in 1970s Berlin whose descent into addiction and prostitution became a haunting reflection of a generation in crisis. Told with unflinching honesty, the book exposes the raw, often unbearable reality of adolescence derailed by heroin, alienation, and survival on the margins.

Originally published in 1979 as a journalistic account, this first press edition remains one of Germany’s most important literary testimonies read in schools, adapted into film and TV, and still resonating today. Beyond its cultural impact, Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo endures as a human document of fragility, resistance, and the desperate search for meaning in a fractured world.

Essential reading for collectors of countercultural literature, true stories of addiction, and 20th century youth narratives.