East: escape 1983

By Arne Kühn

What does a life of freedom cost?

Two young men stand at the edge of a world that has become too small for them.

Arne and Jens dream of freedom-not of heroism, not of fame, but of a life in which they can breathe without having to explain themselves.

The border does not only run between East and West.

It runs through their families, their memories, their voices in their heads.

On a night that is quieter than any other before, they take the plunge.

Across fields, forests, minefields, and barbed wire.

Against the wind, against fear. Against an entire system.

But freedom is not a place, it is a price.

They reach what lies beyond the border-and lose it again in the same breath. Hunted and captured.

Interrogated. Imprisoned. Separated from each other. And yet connected by what made them brothers at heart: the courage to go their own way.

"East" is the story of an escape that becomes a journey into the inner self.

A tale of hope, loss, and the quiet question:

What does freedom really mean-and what are we willing to risk for it?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G3RD36MM
• ISBN13: 9798274619899
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"