Wladimir Kaminer

'Breakfast on the brink of the apocalypse'

What do everyday family life and the end of the world, global crises and mother's crossword puzzles, Putin and mushroom season have in common? They exist at the same time and thus create a normality that does not seem quite normal to many. And yet we have somehow settled into it. In fact, the fear that the sky could fall on our heads has always been widespread in this country. Yet life's challenges often lie in the search for a charging cable or a nine-letter tenor. Fortunately, there is a chronicler who describes this peculiar situation with humor and tries to understand it with unwavering optimism ...
Wladimir Kaminer was born in Moscow in 1967. He trained as a sound engineer for theater and radio and then studied dramaturgy at the Moscow Theater Institute. He has lived in Berlin since 1990. He regularly publishes texts in various newspapers and magazines and organizes events such as his now internationally famous 'Russendisko'.