Gilgi, One of Us: Irmgard Keun

Gilgi knows where she`s going in life: she`s ambitious, focused and determined, even when her boss tries it on with her, even when her parents reveal a terrible secret on her twenty-first birthday. Then she meets the charming but feckless Martin and, for the first time, Gilgi finds herself bewilderingly and dangerously derailed. Irmgard Keun`s electrifying debut was an instant sensation in Weimar Germany, with its frank, fearless exploration of sex, work and love.