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Berlin Now: The Rise of the City and the Fall of the Wall

Berlin Now: The Rise of the City and the Fall of the Wall


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On the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Wall, a legendary Berliner tells the inside story of the city Over the last five decades, no city has changed more than Berlin- divided in 1961, reunited in 1989, it has become Europe's most vibrant melting-pot of artists, immigrants and entrepreneurs. Blending memoir, history and reportage, this legendary Berliner takes us behind the scenes there - looking at everything from life under the Stasi and the difference between East and West Berliners' sex-lives to the city's night-life, politics and hidden quirks - and reveals what makes Berlin the uniquely fascinating place it is.

About the Author :
Peter Schneider was born in L beck, Germany, in 1940, and has lived in Berlin on and off since the 1960s, when he was a key spokesperson for its radical student movement. Renowned as a novelist and essayist, he is the author of more than twenty books, including the Penguin Modern Classic The Wall Jumper. He has taught at many universities, including Stanford, Princeton and Harvard, and written for many international newspapers, including Der Spiegel, The New York Times, Le Monde and La Repubblica.

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Peter Schneider makes the city come alive. He knows his stuff and shares it beautifully, elegantly, generously and informatively. Berlin has found its bard Enlightening. Berlin resident Schneider unearths the city's charms and hazards . . . [to] reveal an authentic city that does not bother being more lively than beautiful Wonderful Marvelous . . . creates, in very few words, the unreal reality of Berlin Schneider's description of the Berlin Wall from both sides . . . is the ultimate depiction of this structure. Nothing more need be said Peter Schneider, a novelist and essayist who knows and loves Berlin like few other living German writers, gives an intimate picture of the city's transformation The inside story of the city then and now Berlin Now is stuffed with glorious anecdotes about the rows over architecture, infrastructure, sexuality and morality in a city forced to weld itself together since 1989 As rich, vibrant and snappy as its subject In 30-odd short pieces on the city's architecture, its immigrant communities, its famous night life and its sexual mores, Mr. Schneider tries to answer this question: If Berlin is not beautiful, why is it so beloved? To his credit, he avoids the easy answers


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780241970836
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Height: 198 mm
  • No of Pages: 336
  • Sub Title: The Rise of the City and the Fall of the Wall
  • Width: 132 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0241970830
  • Publisher Date: 06 Nov 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Weight: 294 gr


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