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 Doeblin 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.
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