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Download or read book Berlin Tales written by Helen Constantine and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009-06-25 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Berlin Tales is a collection of seventeen translated stories associated with Berlin. The book provides a unique insight into the mind of this fascinating city through the eyes of its story-tellers.Nearly twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the stories collected here reflect on the city's fascinating recent history, setting out with the early twentieth-century Berlin of Siegfried Kracauer and Alfred Döblin and culminating in an excellent selection of stories from the best of the new voices in the current boom in German fiction. They are chosen for their conscious exploration of the city's image, meaning, and attraction to immigrants and tourists as well as Berliners fromboth sides of the Wall. These stories also depict Berlin's distinct districts, not just the differences between East and West but also iconic sites such as Alexanderplatz, individual neighbourhoods (Jewish Mitte, Turkish Kreuzberg) and individual streets.There is an introduction and notes to accompany the stories and a selection of Further Reading. Each story is illustrated with a striking photograph and there is a map of Berlin and its transport system (a frequent motif). There is an introduction and notes to accompany the stories and a selection of Further Reading. The book will appeal to people who love travelling or are armchair travellers, as much as to those who love Berlin.
Download or read book Berlin Stories written by Robert Walser and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2012-01-24 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Review Books Original In 1905 the young Swiss writer Robert Walser arrived in Berlin to join his older brother Karl, already an important stage-set designer, and immediately threw himself into the vibrant social and cultural life of the city. Berlin Stories collects his alternately celebratory, droll, and satirical observations on every aspect of the bustling German capital, from its theaters, cabarets, painters’ galleries, and literary salons, to the metropolitan street, markets, the Tiergarten, rapid-service restaurants, and the electric tram. Originally appearing in literary magazines as well as the feuilleton sections of newspapers, the early stories are characterized by a joyous urgency and the generosity of an unconventional guide. Later pieces take the form of more personal reflections on the writing process, memories, and character studies. All are full of counter-intuitive images and vignettes of startling clarity, showcasing a unique talent for whom no detail was trivial, at grips with a city diving headlong into modernity.
Book Synopsis Tales from the Berlin Wall by : Marianna S. Katona
Download or read book Tales from the Berlin Wall written by Marianna S. Katona and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2004 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Berlin Stories by : Christopher Isherwood
Download or read book The Berlin Stories written by Christopher Isherwood and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic of 20th-century fiction, "Berlin Stories" inspired the Broadway musical and Oscar-winning film "Cabaret." This newly released paperback edition features an Introduction by the acclaimed novelist Maupin.
Book Synopsis The Berlin stories by : Christopher Isherwood
Download or read book The Berlin stories written by Christopher Isherwood and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stasiland written by Anna Funder and published by Odyssey Editions. This book was released on 2015-10-29 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stasiland tells true stories of people who heroically resisted the communist dictatorship of East Germany, and of people who worked for its secret police, the Stasi. Internationally hailed as a classic, it is ‘fascinating, entertaining, hilarious, horrifying and very important’ (Tom Hanks) and ‘a heartbreaking, beautifully written book.’ (Claire Tomalin). East Germany was one of the most intrusive surveillance states of all time. One in 7 people spied on their friends, family and colleagues. In ‘the most humane and sensitive way’ (J.M. Coetzee) Funder tells the true stories of four people who had the extraordinary courage to refuse to collaborate with the Stasi, and the price they paid. She meets Miriam Weber, who was imprisoned at 16 after scaling the Berlin Wall. She drinks with the legendary “Mik Jegger” of the Eastern Bloc who was ‘disappeared’. And she finds former Stasi men who defend their regime long past its demise, and yearn for the second coming of Communism. Stasiland won the Samuel Johnson Prize for best non-fiction published in English in 2004. It was a finalist for the Guardian First Book Award, the W.H. Heinemann Award, the Index Freedom of Expression Awards, The Age Book of the Year Awards, the Queensland Premier’s Literary Award and the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature (Innovation in Writing). It is read in schools and universities in many countries, and has been adapted for CD and the stage by The National Theatre, London.
Book Synopsis Ghosts of Berlin by : Rudolph Herzog
Download or read book Ghosts of Berlin written by Rudolph Herzog and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Berlin's hip present comes up against the city's dark past in these seven supernatural tales by the son of the great filmmaker who "shares his father's curious and mordant wit" (The Financial Times). In these hair-raising stories from the celebrated filmmaker and author Rudolph Herzog, millennial Berliners discover that the city is still the home of many unsettled—and deeply unsettling—ghosts. And those ghosts are not very happy about the newcomers. Thus the coddled daughter of a rich tech executive finds herself slowly tormented by the poltergeist of a Weimer-era laborer, and a German intelligence officer confronts a troll wrecking havoc upon the city's unbuilt airport. An undead Nazi sympathizer romances a Greek emigre, while Turkish migrants curse the gentrifiers that have evicted them. Herzog's keen observational eye and acid wit turn modern city stories into deliciously dark satires that ride the knife-edge of suspenseful and terrifying.
Book Synopsis Berlin Vertigo by : Christopher P Jones
Download or read book Berlin Vertigo written by Christopher P Jones and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-03 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1928. It was supposed to be a perfect day: a group of friends from Berlin gather together on a roof terrace to be painted an artist. Yet after today, their lives will never be the same again.After a shocking event, Thomas becomes the unwilling participant in an unfolding web of mystery and subterfuge that draws him into the beating heart of 1920s Berlin. In a city of cabarets and jazz clubs, he discovers that no one can be trusted.On the trail of truth and love, his search for answers takes him into the dark anxieties of the modern metropolis, of private fears and public ambitions. When the city's politics draws his best friend towards its sinister side, Thomas has to decide whether to speak out or stay quiet.And at the centre, a painting by the rising-star of the Berlin art scene, a work of art that may yet prove vital in piecing together the jigsaw of what really happened that fateful night on the roof terrace.Berlin Vertigo is a tale of love and deceit. If you like taut historical mysteries, with a cast of characters drawn with psychological depth, then this is the book for you.
Book Synopsis The Berlin Stories by : Christopher Isherwood
Download or read book The Berlin Stories written by Christopher Isherwood and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2008-09-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic of 20th-century fiction, The Berlin Stories inspired the Broadway musical and Oscar-winning film Cabaret. First published in the 1930s, The Berlin Stories contains two astonishing related novels, The Last of Mr. Norris and Goodbye to Berlin, which are recognized today as classics of modern fiction. Isherwood magnificently captures 1931 Berlin: charming, with its avenues and cafés; marvelously grotesque, with its nightlife and dreamers; dangerous, with its vice and intrigue; powerful and seedy, with its mobs and millionaires—this is the period when Hitler was beginning his move to power. The Berlin Stories is inhabited by a wealth of characters: the unforgettable Sally Bowles, whose misadventures in the demimonde were popularized on the American stage and screen by Julie Harris in I Am A Camera and Liza Minnelli in Cabaret; Mr. Norris, the improbable old debauchee mysteriously caught between the Nazis and the Communists; plump Fräulein Schroeder, who thinks an operation to reduce the scale of her Büste might relieve her heart palpitations; and the distinguished and doomed Jewish family, the Landauers.
Book Synopsis Goodbye to Berlin by : Christopher Isherwood
Download or read book Goodbye to Berlin written by Christopher Isherwood and published by London : Hogarth Press. This book was released on 1939 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Last of Mr. Norris by : Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood
Download or read book The Last of Mr. Norris written by Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Shadows of Berlin by : Dovid Bergelson
Download or read book The Shadows of Berlin written by Dovid Bergelson and published by City Lights Books. This book was released on 2005-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Shadows of Berlin is, in part, a bleak chronicle of life in a Europe growing ever more hostile at the edge of World War II. More than that, these stories offer glimpses into a community and a world now lost. They are also, in part, parables of modern life, drawing as much on the transformative possibility of scripture as they do on gritty depictions of the Berlin street. Bergelson's stories hint at the possibility of redemption even as they suggest a horror just around the corner."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Synopsis Tales of Berlin in American Literature up to the 21st Century by : Joshua Parker
Download or read book Tales of Berlin in American Literature up to the 21st Century written by Joshua Parker and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-03-17 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all European cities, Americans today are perhaps most curious about Berlin, whose position in the American imagination is an essential component of nineteenth-century, postwar and contemporary transatlantic imagology. Over various periods, Berlin has been a tenuous space for American claims to cultural heritage and to real geographic space in Europe, symbolizing the ultimate evil and the power of redemption. This volume offers a comprehensive examination of the city’s image in American literature from 1840 to the present. Tracing both a history of Berlin and of American culture through the ways the city has been narrated across three centuries by some 100 authors through 145 novels, short stories, plays and poems, Tales of Berlin presents a composite landscape not only of the German capital, but of shifting subtexts in American society which have contextualized its meaning for Americans in the past, and continue to do so today.
Book Synopsis The Tiergarten Tales by : Paolo G. Grossi
Download or read book The Tiergarten Tales written by Paolo G. Grossi and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Tales of Berlin by : Coledown Bilingual Books
Download or read book Tales of Berlin written by Coledown Bilingual Books and published by . This book was released on 2023-09-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the enchantment of Berlin through the pages of this bilingual German-English short story collection, tailor-made for German language learners. Step into the vibrant heart of this historic city and let its stories captivate your imagination. In Tales of Berlin, we invite you on a linguistic adventure that seamlessly weaves culture, language, and narrative. Each story is a window into the soul of Berlin, offering you a glimpse of its rich history, diverse culture, and the daily lives of its inhabitants. Immerse yourself in tales of love, friendship, and discovery while enhancing your German language skills along the way. Whether you're a beginner eager to expand your vocabulary or an intermediate learner striving for fluency, this collection of six short stories provides the perfect balance of challenge and delight. The bilingual format ensures that comprehension is effortless, letting you absorb German naturally. Tales of Berlin invites you to embrace the city's spirit through words, making your language journey engaging and immersive. Discover the city, discover the language, and uncover the stories that make Berlin truly unique.
Download or read book Brandenburg written by James Cloud and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-03-31 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a great city, Berlin, and people who lived there during exciting and dangerous times, commencing with World War I in 1914, and in the years following, until the takeover of Adolf Hitler. The joys, trials and tragedies of some of those people are portrayed in this historical novel. The interactions and conflicts between them cross lines of religion, social levels and sexual orientation. A fascinating city of dazzling elegance and decadence, Berlin is the stage on which the drama of history is played during a period of strident patriotism, wrenching sorrow, exuberant optimism, dashed hopes, terror and ultimate descent into one of history's darkest periods.
Book Synopsis Paper Trails Through Berlin by : Kai Marlowe
Download or read book Paper Trails Through Berlin written by Kai Marlowe and published by . This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A romantic suspense novel
