Goodbye to Berlin

3.93 ( 21,961 Ratings by Goodreads)
Goodbye to Berlin

Goodbye to Berlin

3.93 (21,961 Ratings by Goodreads)
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Published: 2 November, 1989
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1930s Berlin is a realm of glamour and sleaze, excess and repression.

Having moved to the city to work on his novel, Christopher finds himself immersed in a world of contradiction. He becomes enamoured with the local denizens and the colourful lives they lead, meeting an English upper-class waif, the delightfully decadent Sally Bowles; a couple – Peter and Otto – who are struggling with their sexual identities; and a distinguished and doomed Jewish family, the Landauers. With the Nazis rising to power, Christopher’s Berlin is a sparkling city perched on the edge of an abyss.

‘Isherwood is a master’ Evening Standard

‘Brilliant sketches of a society in decay’ George Orwell

‘Reading this novel is much like overhearing anecdotes in a crowded bar while history knocks impatiently at the windows’ Guardian

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Type Book
ISBN13 9780749390549
ISBN10 0749390549
Number Of Pages 272
Item Weight 196 g
Product Dimensions 129 x 198 x 18 mm
Publisher / Reseller Vintage Publishing
Format paperback
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Media Reviews

A brilliant semi-autobiographical account of early 1930’s Berlin. * Lonely Planet Magazine *
A great talent * Guardian *
Isherwood is a master of the emotionally cathartic moment, funny and perspicacious * Evening Standard *
A masterpiece * The Economist *
[A] reminder of a bygone era, powerfully capturing the energy and sleaze of Weimar-era Berlin * Independent *

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Author's Bio

Christopher Isherwood was born in 1904 and moved to America where he took up formal citizenship in 1946. His many famous works include Mr Norris Changes Trains and Goodbye to Berlin.

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