Berlin Now

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' Insightful. Schneider presents his collected musings about the city that has inspired and perplexed him since he was first seduced by West Berlin as a young man Booklist (starred review) Enlightening. Berlin resident Schneider unearths the city's charms and hazards ... [to] reveal an authentic city that does not bother being more lively than beautiful Publishers Weekly Wonderful -- Ian McEwan (on 'The Wall Jumper') Marvelous ... creates, in very few words, the unreal reality of Berlin -- Salman Rushdie (on 'The Wall Jumper') Schneider's description of the Berlin Wall from both sides ... is the ultimate depiction of this structure. Nothing more need be said -- Werner Herzog (on 'The Wall Jumper') Peter Schneider, a novelist and essayist who knows and loves Berlin like few other living German writers, gives an intimate picture of the city's transformation Financial Times The inside story of the city then and now Stylist Berlin Now is stuffed with glorious anecdotes about the rows over architecture, infrastructure, sexuality and morality in a city forced to weld itself together since 1989 New Statesman As rich, vibrant and snappy as its subject Wanderlust Magazine