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The Berlin Stories

by Christopher Isherwood · first published 1945

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m0nastic · May 8, 2011 · Recommends

…Fiction or Fantasy (probably the opposite of most folks here) Some of my top choices would be: Anything by Bulgakov (Heart of a Dog and Master and Margerita are both pretty widely available in English) Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood Burmese Days by George Orwell Cakes and Ale by Somerset Maugham Color of Summer by Reinaldo Arenas Williwaw by Gore Vidal The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
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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…
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