Goodbye to Berlin

von Christopher Isherwood

252 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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

• Themen: Belletristik Allgemein, nicht nach Genre Allgemein und literarisch
• ISBN: 9780749390549
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 02.11.1989
• Größe: 195 x 130 mm
• Verlag: Random House UK Ltd