Berlin tales : stories /
"These seventeen stories take us on a journey around the extraordinary city of Berlin, past and pressent. The decadence and modernity of the Weimar Republic years, the horrors of war, the divided city and the decades of the Cold War, the fall of the Wall, and the experience of reintegration are...
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Oxford University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
Publication Dates: | 2009. |
Literature type: | Book |
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English German |
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"These seventeen stories take us on a journey around the extraordinary city of Berlin, past and pressent. The decadence and modernity of the Weimar Republic years, the horrors of war, the divided city and the decades of the Cold War, the fall of the Wall, and the experience of reintegration are all distilled in the miniaturist stories - by turns tragic, humourous, and intensely personal."--Publisher description. |
Carrier Form: | vii, 236 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm |
ISBN: |
9780199559381 (paperback) : 0199559384 (paperback) |
Index Number: | PT1327 |
CLC: | I516.45 |
Call Number: | I516.45/B515 |
Contents: | Seen from the window / Siegfried Kracauer -- East of Alexanderplatz / Alfred Doblin -- Evenings after six / Kurt Tocholsky -- Just a sec-! / Kurt Tucholsky -- Everyday history of a Berlin Street / Gunter Kunert -- The loan / Wolfdietrich Schnurre -- Postscript on the S-Bahn / Uwe Johnson -- Place of Birth: Berlin / Monika Maron -- Family friend / Julia Franck -- My Berlin / Emine Sevgi Ozdamar -- Squatters / Inka Bach -- Remains of the Esplanade / Annett Groschner -- For a handful of loose change / Carmen Francesca Banciu -- Something for nothing / Larissa Boehning -- The heart of the republic / Fridolin Schley -- factions / Kathrin Roggla -- Berlin city guide / Wladimir Kaminer -- Gina Regtina / Ulrike Draesner -- Summertime / Durs Grunbein. |