Jaroslav Rudis: Sky during Berlin

Post Punk and ghosts in the Berlin underground
Startups Aspect publisher specializing in contemporary Czech literature. Among the publisher's first three, mutually quite different novels are Jaroslav rudis sky over Berlin. It stands out among other things, by the by no means set in the Czech Republic.
Instead, the novel's protagonist, a young man named Petr Bem, suddenly broken away from Prague, for reasons shrouded in mystery. He settles down in Berlin, starting a band and eventually develops a strong fascination with Berlin's underground rail services.
Ideally, he sits on the board staff ordinary pubs and listening to stories of living and dead who populate the underground's dramatic history, from suicides by jumping in front of trains at stations shut down and abandoned in the Wall divided Berlin.
In many ways, the subway and Berlin novel's heart, maybe even its real protagonist. The city, trains and all the living and dead who populate the Berlin underground too Bem a presence in many ways come closer to him than the next, he left behind at home in the Czech Republic.
In an equally significant as unobtrusive means are also Eastern and Central European history constantly in rudis novel. The actual subway were frozen as said by the division of East and West Berlin - at some stations there was just dust, guards and weapons. With new girlfriend change Bem memories of having grown up around the division of. Her mother is acting self-appointed historian of Eastside proud public transport, while the father keeps coming to jump FREQUENCY glowing eyes who harass drivers who unwittingly become their suicide instruments.
Heaven in Berlin is at once something of a ghost story and a depiction of everyday life in a city so burdened by history that the future seems almost unreal. There is also a charming story about the little band U-Bahn, the rock star dreams, shabby concert trials and awkward kid friendly.
For Bem start yet so small metro kill not only shape but also booking concerts with his post-punk band, and maybe Berlin is not his final destination? When everyday life gets too complicated they seem serene gray figures with glowing eyes to promise otherwise.Perhaps the most frightening still there to stay where you are and put up with himself and the people you have around you?