Uwe Timm’s Hot Summer is one of the few novels about the student revolt of the late 1960s. Today, after almost 40 years, the book is itself a piece of history, which reminds us of unfulfilled political expectations and conjures up the atmosphere of a moving historic moment with all its tensions, departures and accelerated developments.
“For me, who at the time was standing outside of events, “Hot Summer” is one of the most important books.” (Alfred Andersch)
„Timm is right with this likeably honest novel about the student revolt: it was the way he says it was… Timm tells his story skilfully, in atmospherically dense scenes.“ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
