Berlin now the city after the Wall
A "longtime Berliner's ... exploration of the heterogeneous allure of this vibrant city. Delving beneath the obvious answers--Berlin's club scene, bolstered by the lack of a mandatory closing time; the artistic communities that thrive due to the relatively low (for now) cost of living--Schneider tak...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English German |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2014.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | A "longtime Berliner's ... exploration of the heterogeneous allure of this vibrant city. Delving beneath the obvious answers--Berlin's club scene, bolstered by the lack of a mandatory closing time; the artistic communities that thrive due to the relatively low (for now) cost of living--Schneider takes us on an insider's tour of this rapidly metamorphosing metropolis, where high-class soirees are held at construction sites and enterprising individuals often accomplish more without public funding--assembling a makeshift club on the banks of the Spree River--than Berlin's officials do"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 326 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780374254841 (hbk.) 0374254842 (hbk.) |
| Author Notes: | Peter Schneider was born in Lübeck, Germany, and has lived in Berlin on and off since the 1960s. He has taught at many American universities--including Stanford, Princeton, and Harvard--and is the author of more than twenty books, including The Wall Jumper and Eduard's Homecoming (FSG, 2001). He has also written for newspapers, including Der Spiegel , The New York Times , Le Monde , and La Repubblica . Sophie Schlondorff is a translator, editor, and writer. Originally from New York, she grew up bilingual in English and German, and is fluent in French and Italian. She is a graduate of Yale University and has been living abroad for more than a decade in Paris, Rome, and Berlin. |
