Berlin Now
The Rise of the City and the Fall of the Wall
$31.17
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
25 February 2015
Summary
On the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Wall, a legendary Berliner tells the inside story of the city.
Over the last five decades, no city has changed more than Berlin—divided in 1961, reunited in 1989, it has become Europe’s most vibrant melting-pot of artists, immigrants, and entrepreneurs. Blending memoir, history, and reportage, this legendary Berliner takes us behind the scenes there, looking at everything from life under the Stasi and the difference between East and West Berl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241970836 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241970830 |
| Author: | Peter Schneider |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 25 February 2015 |
| Weight: | 250g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 22mm |
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Peter Schneider makes the city come alive . He knows his stuff and shares it beautifully, elegantly, generously and informatively. Berlin has found its bard
Peter Schneider makes the city come alive. He knows his stuff and shares it beautifully, elegantly, generously and informatively. Berlin has found its bard – Breyten Breytenbach, author of ‘Notes from the Middle World’Enlightening. Berlin resident Schneider unearths the city’s charms and hazards … [to] reveal an authentic city that does not bother being more lively than beautiful * Publishers Weekly *Wonderful – Ian McEwan (on ‘The Wall Jumper’)Marvelous … creates, in very few words, the unreal reality of Berlin – Salman Rushdie (on ‘The Wall Jumper’)Schneider’s description of the Berlin Wall from both sides … is the ultimate depiction of this structure. Nothing more need be said – Werner Herzog (on ‘The Wall Jumper’)Peter Schneider, a novelist and essayist who knows and loves Berlin like few other living German writers, gives an intimate picture of the city’s transformation * Financial Times *The inside story of the city then and now * Stylist *Berlin Now is stuffed with glorious anecdotes about the rows over architecture, infrastructure, sexuality and morality in a city forced to weld itself together since 1989 * New Statesman *As rich, vibrant and snappy as its subject * Wanderlust Magazine *In 30-odd short pieces on the city’s architecture, its immigrant communities, its famous night life and its sexual mores, Mr. Schneider tries to answer this question: If Berlin is not beautiful, why is it so beloved? To his credit, he avoids the easy answers * Wall Street Journal *
About The Author
Peter Schneider
Peter Schneider was born in L beck, Germany, in 1940, and has lived in Berlin on and off since the 1960s, when he was a key spokesperson for its radical student movement. Renowned as a novelist and essayist, he is the author of more than twenty books, including the Penguin Modern Classic The Wall Jumper. He has taught at many universities, including Stanford, Princeton and Harvard, and written for many international newspapers, including Der Spiegel, The New York Times, Le Monde and La Repubblica.
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