Berlin Tales

Berlin Tales is a collection of seventeen translated stories associated with Berlin. The book provides a unique insight into the mind of this fascinating city through the eyes of its story-tellers. Nearly twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the stories collected here reflect on the city's fascinating recent history, setting out with the early twentieth-century Berlin of Siegfried Kracauer and Alfred Doblin and culminating in an excellent selection of stories from the best of the new voices in the current boom in German fiction. They are chosen for their conscious exploration of the city's image, meaning, and attraction to immigrants and tourists as well as Berliners from both sides of the Wall. These stories also depict Berlin's distinct districts, not just the differences between East and West but also iconic sites such as Alexanderplatz, individual neighbourhoods (Jewish Mitte, Turkish Kreuzberg) and individual streets. There is an introduction and notes to accompany the stories and a selection of Further Reading. Each story is illustrated with a striking photograph and there is a map of Berlin and its transport system (a frequent motif).There is an introduction and notes to accompany the stories and a selection of Further Reading. The book will appeal to people who love travelling or are armchair travellers, as much as to those who love Berlin.

ISBN 0199559384   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9780199559381 (What's this?)   Pages 256 Publisher Oxford University Press   Volumes 1 Imprint Oxford University Press   Weight (grammes) 273 Format Paperback   Published in Oxford Publication date 25 Jun 2009   Height (mm) 196 Translator Lyn Marven   Width (mm) 129 Library of Congress PT1338   Spine width (mm) 14 DEWEY 833.0108324315509051   Academic level General

		General Introduction by Helen Constantine		1
		Introduction by Lyn Marven		5
		Seen from the Window by Siegfried Kracauer		17
		East of Alexanderplatz by Alfred Doblin		23
		Evenings after Six by Kurt Tucholsky		31
		Just a Sec - ! by Kurt Tucholsky		37
		Everyday History of a Berlin Street by Gunter Kunert		43
		The Loan by Wolfdietrich Schnurre		51
		Postscript on the 5-Bahn by Uwe Johnson		63
		Place of Birth: Berlin by Monika Maron		67
		Family Friend by Julia Franck		81
		My Berlin by Emine Sevgi Ozdamar		97
		Squatters by Inka Bach		107
		Remains of the Esplanade by Annett Groschner		127
		For a Handful of Loose Change by Carmen Francesca Banciu		139
		Something for Nothing by Larissa Boehning		145
		The Heart of the Republic by Fridolin Schley		171
		factions by Kathrin Roggla		193
		Berlin City Guide by Wladimir Kaminer		205
		Gina Regina by Ulrike Draestler		209
		Summertime by Durs Grunbein		225
		Notes on the Authors		227
		Further Reading		231
		Publisher's Acknowledgements		235
		Maps		238

"Poignant, and highly reccommended." --Midwest Book Review

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