Goodbye to Berlin

Name: Goodbye to Berlin
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781784878108
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By Christopher Isherwood

Series: Vintage Deco

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Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood offers a vivid portrayal of life in Weimar-era Berlin through the eyes of a British expatriate. Set against the backdrop of a city on the brink of political upheaval, the novel paints intimate portraits of its eclectic characters, capturing their struggles and desires in a rapidly changing world. With its rich atmosphere and humanistic insight, the story delves deep into the complexities of society during this turbulent period.
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This book may appeal to you if you are intrigued by the vibrant and tumultuous atmosphere of 1930s Berlin. You might enjoy being immersed in the vivid characters and sharp social observations, capturing a city on the brink of historical change.

Goodbye to Berlin

Isherwood's classic story of Berlin in the 1930s - and the inspiration for Cabaret - now in a stand-alone edition.

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VINTAGE DECO – Nine blazing, daring novels to celebrate the 1920s – 100 years on.

Goodbye to Berlin is the novella that inspired Cabaret, evoking the glamour and sleaze, excess and repression of Berlin society. Isherwood depicts the lives of people under threat from the rise of the Nazis: a wealthy Jewish heiress, Natalia Landauer; a gay couple, Peter and Otto; and an English upper-class waif, the divinely decadent Sally Bowles.

'I'm the type which every man imagines he wants, until he gets me; and then he finds he doesn't really, after all.'

VINTAGE DECO – Nine blazing, daring novels to celebrate the 1920s – 100 years on.

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Christopher Isherwood's Goodbye to Berlin is praised for its unique narrative voice, seamlessly blending historical context with imaginative storytelling, which remains fresh and engaging no matter how often it is experienced. While the character of Sally Bowles gained fame through the musical adaptation Cabaret, the book itself is noted for its depth and impact surpassing that of its theatrical counterpart.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781784878108

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 October 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 120.0mm

Height: 192.0mm

Weight: 220g

Pages: 272

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Christopher Isherwood Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Series: Vintage Deco

About the Author

Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) was one of the most celebrated writers of his generation. He left Cambridge without graduating, briefly studied medicine and then turned to writing his first novels, All the Conspirators and The Memorial. Between 1929 and 1939 he lived mainly abroad, spending four years in Berlin and writing the novels Mr Norris Changes Trains and Goodbye to Berlin on which the musical Cabaret was based. He moved to America in 1939, becoming a US citizen in 1946, and wrote another five novels, including Down There on a Visit and A Single Man, a travel book about South America and a biography of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. In the late 1960s and '70s he turned to autobiographical works- Kathleen and Frank, Christopher and His Kind, My Guru and His Disciple and October, one month of his diary with drawings by Don Bachardy.