Richard has spent his life as a university professor immersed in the world of books and ideas
but now he is retired his books remain in their packing boxes and he steps into the streets of
his city Berlin. Here on Oranienplatz he discovers a new community -- a tent city
established by African asylum seekers. Hesitantly getting to know the new arrivals Richard
finds his life changing as he begins to question his own sense of belonging in a city that
once divided its citizens into them and us. At once a passionate contribution to the debate on
race privilege and nationality and a beautifully written examination of an ageing man's quest
to find meaning in his life Go Went Gone showcases one of the great contemporary European
writers at the height of her powers.
