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

Door Peter Schneider

Categorie
Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer
#267522
Titel
Berlin Now: The Rise of the City and the Fall of the Wall
Auteur
Schneider, Peter
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
London, Penguin Books
Jaar van uitgave
2014
ISBN10
0241006139
ISBN13
9780241006139
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting
A smartly guided romp, entertaining and enlightening, through Europe's most charismatic and enigmatic city

It isn't Europe's most beautiful city, or its oldest. Its architecture is not more impressive than that of Rome or Paris; its museums do not hold more treasures than those in Barcelona or London. And yet, when citizens of ''New York, Tel Aviv, or Rome ask me where I'm from and I mention the name Berlin,'' writes Peter Schneider, ''their eyes instantly light up.''
Berlin Now is a longtime Berliner's bright, bold, and digressive 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 l... (Lees verder)iving—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.
Schneider's perceptive, witty investigations on everything from the insidious legacy of suspicion instilled by the East German secret police to the clashing attitudes toward work, food, and love held by former East and West Berliners have been sharply translated by Sophie Schlondorff. The result is a book so lively that readers will want to jump on a plane—just as soon as they've finished their adventures on the page.
Pagina's
326
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 8,00

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