Description
| Product ID: | 9781841596266 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | DE |
| Series: | Everyman's Library POCKET CLASSICS |
| Title: | Berlin Stories |
| Authors: | Author: Philip Hensher |
| Page Count: | 400 |
| Subjects: | Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Short stories, Short stories, Germany |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Berlin, in the words of Philip Hensher, editor of this anthology, 'has always been a city of desperate modernity', both in terms of urban architecture - largely a creation of the progressive 19th century, laid waste by World War II, temporary home of the infamous Wall - and in ways of living and behaving. Berlin, in the words of Philip Hensher, editor of this anthology, ''has always been a city of desperate modernity'', both in terms of urban architecture - largely a creation of the progressive 19th century, laid waste by World War II, temporary home of the infamous Wall - and in ways of living and behaving. As early as the 1920s it was the gay capital of Europe; the Communist East/free West barrier presented unique problems for a divided population; and in the 1990s, in the aftermath of reunification, the cheap, run-down city became a vibrant centre for creative artists. ''The sense of making it up as you go along is never far away in Berlin.'' |
| Imprint Name: | Everyman's Library |
| Publisher Name: | Everyman |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-10-10 |
