I Keep My Shadow Light

I Keep My Shadow Light is a darkly funny social commentary novel about feeling lost and learning how to belong in Berlin. A group of unemployed Aüslanders (foreigners) are taught how to become valuable Germans on an Integrationskurs. Maeve, Zehra, Viktor and Karam are the core four - all lost and lonely 20-somethings newly arrived in big bad Berlin. They keep going thanks to their dark sense of humour, semi-reliable friends, exciting parties, romantic distractions and warm classroom community. The book explores: - The relationship between the individual and the state - Trying to overcome the loneliness you feel when you arrive in a brand new foreign city- European and personal identity - Friendship - The feeling of being lost - Immigration issues in Germany - Berlin