A study of the "patchwork imaginary" that is postwall Berlin fiction and its significance for the new Germany.
Introduction Newness and Its Discontents: Berlin Literature in the 1990s and Beyond 11 Erotic Sites: Sexual Topographies after the Wall 242 Bodies and Borders: The Monsters of Berlin 523 Multicultural Germans and Jews of Many Cultures: Imagining "Jewish Berlin" 774 Goodbye to East Berlin 1095 Looking for Perspectives: The Construction at Potsdamer Platz 141Conclusion 170Bibliography 177Index 199