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Roads to Berlin

Cees Nooteboom ,  Laura Watkinson

9780857050274

Maclehose Press


History; European history; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; History: specific events & topics

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Roads to Berlin maps the changing landscape of Germany, from the period before the fall of the Wall to the present. Written and updated over the course of several decades, an eyewitness account of the pivotal events of 1989 gives way to a perceptive appreciation of its difficult passage to reunification. Nooteboom's writings on politics, people, architecture and culture are as digressive as they are eloquent; his innate curiosity takes him through the landscapes of Heine and Goethe, steeped in Romanticism and mythology, and to Germany's baroque cities. With an outsider's objectivity he has crafted an intimate portrait of the country to its present day.

By:   Cees Nooteboom
Translated by:   Laura Watkinson
Imprint:   Maclehose Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Width: 234mm,  Spine: 153mm
ISBN:  

9780857050274


ISBN 10:   0857050273
Publication Date:   October 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock at Abbey's Bookshop
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Author Website:   http://www.ceesnooteboom.com/?lang=en

'It is a wonderful voyage of self-discovery, and a psychological exploration of a nation in turmoil' Financial Times. 'a luxurious detour in the lands and history of Germany' Metro. 'Nooteboom wears his erudition lightly, and weaves personal anecdote into memorable reportage' Sunday Telegraph. 'writerly, abstract, walled off in his head ... He reminds us how fast the communist world fell apart, with unimaginable reversals of fortune' Literary Review. 'There is a melancholy in his writing and a nostalgia for the past, both of which are very German - or at least used to be' Spectator. 'His Berlin reportage, from a 1963 Khrushchev rally in East Berlin to the tearing down of the Palast der Republik, brilliantly captures the intensity of the capital and its 'associated layers of memory' The Economist. 'demanding, thorough and quite invaluable to those who want the opportunity to inform themselves before contemplating what the future holds for Central and Eastern Europe' Bookbag.

'It is a wonderful voyage of self-discovery, and a psychological exploration of a nation in turmoil' Financial Times.

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