Summer of Dead Dreams (German: Sommer der toten Träume) is a novel by German writer Harry Thürk, published in 1993 by Mitteldeutscher Verlag. It is an autobiography with fictional elements.The book was translated to English, Polish (by Marcin Domino and Anna Myszyńska), Czech (by Miroslava Mamulová), Russian, Chinese, Slovak, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Vietnamese, Spanish and Finnish.Małgorzata Jurczak was planning a film adaptation of the book, but it was delayed due to a lack of money.The characters presented in the book are fictional, but the story is inspired by author's real experiences. Source: Wikipedia (en)