Berlin Now

The Rise of the City and the Fall of the Wall

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<p><b>In <i>Berlin Now</i>, and on the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Wall, a legendary Berliner tells the inside story of the city.</b><br><br>Over the last five decades, no other city has changed more than Berlin. Divided in 1961, reunited in 1989, it has morphed over the last twenty-five years into Europe's most vibrant melting-pot of artists, immigrants and entrepreneurs. Pieces of the wall are collected around the world. Blending memoir, history, anecdote and reportage, this legendary Berliner takes us behind the scenes - from wrenching stories of life under the Stasi, to the difference between East and West Berliners' sex-lives, to a present-day investigation of its arts scene, night-life, tumultuous politics and hidden quirks - revealing what makes Berlin the uniquely fascinating place it is.<br><br>'Peter Schneider makes<b> the city come alive</b>. He knows his stuff and shares it beautifully, elegantly, generously and informatively.<b> Berlin has found its bard' </b>Breyten Breytenbach, author of <i>Notes from the Middle World</i><br><br>Praise for <i>The Wall Jumper</i>:<br><br>'<b>Marvelous </b>. . . creates, in very few words, <b>the unreal reality of Berlin</b>' Salman Rushdie, <i>New York Times</i> Book Review<br><br>'Schneider's description of <b>the Berlin wall from both sides . . . is the ultimate depiction of this structure</b>. Nothing more need be said' Werner Herzog<br><br>'<b>Wonderful</b>' Ian McEwan<br><br>Peter Schneider was born in Lübeck, 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 now the author of more than twenty books, including the Penguin Modern Classic <i>The Wall Jumper. </i>He has taught at many universities, including Stanford, Princeton and Harvard, and written for many international newspapers, including <i>Der Spiegel</i>, <i>The New York Times</i>, <i>Le Monde</i> and <i>La Repubblica</i>.

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780241970836

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

199 x 128 x 32 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Books Ltd (UK)