To improve my German I’ve started reading books in German….easy books. One of the books that I found easy to understand, interesting, funny and related to Berlin is „Schoenhauser Allee“ by Wladimir Kaminer. He is a writer of Russian-Jewish origin who lives in Berlin. Kaminer is a short story writer and he writes in German and not in his native language-Russian.

„Schoenhauser Allee“ is a series of remarkable and funny stories about Wladimir’s neighbors living on Shoenhauser Allee. It’s about their every day life and what they keep themselves busy with. Kaminer gives a description of shopping malls, penny markets and their operators from labor offices and part-time jobs and other daily topics.  His stories contain so much detail and humor that it makes it absolutely enjoyable.  The book is easy to read because each story is only 2 pages long. I would recommend it to those who want to read something in German for the first time and those you live in Berlin and enjoy it.