city-lit Berlin

Author(s): Rory Maclain (Introduction)

Location(s): Berlin

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Various

Location

Content

Experience the haunting and exciting city of Berlin as never before, in the company of over sixty dazzling writers.
Join them as
Christopher Isherwood takes us to the cabaret
David Bowie cycles through Berlin
Anna Funder remembers Stasiland
Ian McEwan overhears talk at a Berlin bar
Christabel Bielenberg wouldn’t live anywhere else
David Hare contemplates a famous memorial
Marlene Dietrich receives a graveside homage
Chloe Aridjis shows us around town
John Simpson sees the Wall come down

… and much, much more.

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