Goodbye to Berlin

Name: Goodbye to Berlin
ISBN: 9780140005042

by Christopher Isherwood · first published 1939

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The sequel to Mr. Norris Changes Trains, this is another semi-autobiographical account of Isherwood’s experiences in pre-war Berlin. The author leads the reader on a thoroughly entertaining tour through the seedier side of a particularly decadent time in that city’s history.

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maryrosecook · Jun 27, 2008 · Recommends

…Byars. Re-read this when I was an adult and realised how brilliantly Byars does dialogue, and how she builds the whole millieu around it. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Eighteenth-Emergency-Betsy-Byars/dp/... Goodbye To Berlin, Christopher Isherwood. A memoir of Isherwood's time in pre-Nazi Germany. The most beautiful prose I have ever read. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye_to_Berlin
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tomatocracy · Aug 17, 2023 · Recommends

Christopher Isherwood's Berlin stories (Mr Norris Changes Trains and Goodbye to Berlin). Not sure why it took me so long to find them as I've long been fascinated by the slightly end of days-type hedonistic atmosphere that late Weimar-era Berlin apparently had. From that perspective they…
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