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The Berlin stories
Book • 1945
The Berlin Stories is an omnibus published in 1945, combining two of Christopher Isherwood's novels: *Mr.
Norris Changes Trains* (1935) and *Goodbye to Berlin* (1939).
The work is set in Jazz Age Berlin between 1930 and 1933, a period marked by the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.
The stories are semi-autobiographical, reflecting Isherwood's own experiences living in Berlin during this time.
The characters include the enigmatic Arthur Norris, a masochistic and possibly communist businessman, and Sally Bowles, a young English cabaret singer based on Isherwood's friend Jean Ross.
The novels portray a city of debauchery and despair, where characters live in ignorance or defiance of the impending national catastrophe.
The work merges fact and fiction, providing a vivid and often comic yet poignant portrayal of marginal characters in a city on the brink of chaos.
Norris Changes Trains* (1935) and *Goodbye to Berlin* (1939).
The work is set in Jazz Age Berlin between 1930 and 1933, a period marked by the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.
The stories are semi-autobiographical, reflecting Isherwood's own experiences living in Berlin during this time.
The characters include the enigmatic Arthur Norris, a masochistic and possibly communist businessman, and Sally Bowles, a young English cabaret singer based on Isherwood's friend Jean Ross.
The novels portray a city of debauchery and despair, where characters live in ignorance or defiance of the impending national catastrophe.
The work merges fact and fiction, providing a vivid and often comic yet poignant portrayal of marginal characters in a city on the brink of chaos.
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