{"product_id":"the-berlin-stories","title":"Christopher (New Directions) Isherwood: The Berlin Stories [2008] paperback","description":"First published in the 1930s, \u003cem\u003eThe Berlin Stories\u003c\/em\u003e contains two astonishing related novels, \u003cem\u003eThe Last of Mr. Norris\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGoodbye to Berlin\u003c\/em\u003e, which are recognized today as classics of modern fiction. Isherwood magnificently captures 1931 Berlin: charming, with its avenues and cafes; marvelously grotesque, with its nightlife and dreamers; dangerous, with its vice and intrigue; powerful and seedy, with its mobs and millionaires-this is the period when Hitler was beginning his move to power. \u003cem\u003eThe Berlin Stories\u003c\/em\u003e is inhabited by a wealth of characters: the unforgettable Sally Bowles, whose misadventures in the demimonde were popularized on the American stage and screen by Julie Harris in \u003cem\u003eI Am A Camera\u003c\/em\u003e and Liza Minnelli in \u003cem\u003eCabaret\u003c\/em\u003e; Mr. Norris, the improbable old debauchee mysteriously caught between the Nazis and the Communists; plump Fraulein Schroeder, who thinks an operation to reduce the scale of her Buste might relieve her heart palpitations; and the distinguished and doomed Jewish family, the Landauers.","brand":"Isherwood, Christopher (New Directions) \u0026 Maupin, Armistead","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":49105236459859,"sku":"XG80811218047","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/isherwood-christopher-new-directions-maupin-armistead-christopher-new-directions-isherwood-the-berlin-stories-2008-paperback-xg80811218047-57850351616339.jpg?v=1727580918","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/the-berlin-stories","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}