Ilona Hartmann's new novel "Klarkommen" is about an 18-year-old who moves with two friends from the small city to the big city. Hartmann believes that anyone who believes that life is a single adventure will probably be disappointed.

In her new novel, she consciously tells a realistic story - one that she would have liked to read as a teenager. "You always miss more in life than you can experience," Hartmann says. "At 30 you don't immediately turn into a sack full of illnesses," she adds.