EAN: 9780241970836

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In Berlin Now and on the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Wall a legendary Berliner tells the inside story of the city. Over the last five decades no other city has changed more than Berlin. Divided in 1961 reunited in 1989 it has morphed over the last twenty-five years into Europe's most vibrant melting-pot of artists immigrants and entrepreneurs. Pieces of the wall are collected around the world. Blending memoir history anecdote and reportage this legendary Berliner takes us behind the scenes - from wrenching stories of life under the Stasi to the difference between East and West Berliners' sex-lives to a present-day investigation of its arts scene night-life tumultuous politics and hidden quirks - revealing what makes Berlin the uniquely fascinating place it is. Peter Schneider makes the city come alive . He knows his stuff and shares it beautifully elegantly generously and informatively. Berlin has found its bard 'Breyten Breytenbach author of 'Notes from the Middle World' Praise for The Wall Jumper : ' Marvelous . . . creates in very few words the unreal reality of Berlin ' Salman Rushdie New York Times Book Review 'Schneider's description of the Berlin wall from both sides . . . is the ultimate depiction of this structure . Nothing more need be said' Werner Herzog ' Wonderful ' Ian McEwan Peter Schneider was born in Lübeck Germany in 1940 and has lived in Berlin on and off since the 1960s when he was a key spokesperson for its radical student movement. Renowned as a novelist and essayist he is now the author of more than twenty books including the Penguin Modern Classic The Wall Jumper. He has taught at many universities including Stanford Princeton and Harvard and written for many international newspapers including Der Spiegel The New York Times Le Monde and La Repubblica.

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