1988

The year 1988 appears as the biographical birth date of Felix Lobrecht, anchoring the book’s opening in a specific family history. Its significance here is factual rather than that of a dated scene: the supplied narrative evidence does not assign the surrounding plot events to 1988.

Birth and Family Background

Felix Lobrecht was born in 1988 and grew up in Berlin-Neukölln with two siblings and his single father. The opening biography places this family setting alongside the year, making 1988 the starting point for the account of his life rather than a marker for the later fictional episodes.

Chronology

The same biographical note states that Lobrecht’s mother died in 1993, five years after his birth. That later date gives the birth year a limited but clear chronological context: the family circumstances described in the opening belong to a life story that includes an early maternal loss.

Place in the Narrative

The plot excerpts supplied here focus on school, friendship, conflict, and family life, but do not connect those events to 1988. The year therefore functions as a concise biographical anchor, not as an established setting date for the novel’s action.