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Berlin Tales (City Tales) by Helen Constantine; Siegfried Kracauer; Alfred Döblin; Kurt Tucholsky; Günter Kunert; Wolfdietrich Schnurre; Uwe Johnson; Monika Maron; Julia Franck; Emine Sevgi Özdamar; Inka Bach; Annett Gröschner; Carmen-Francesca Banciu; Larissa Boehning; Fridolin Schley; Kathrin Röggla; Wladimir Kaminer; Ulrike Draesner; Durs Grünbein is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Berlin Tales (City Tales) about?
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 Döblin 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
Who reads Berlin Tales (City Tales)?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Helen Constantine; Siegfried Kracauer; Alfred Döblin; Kurt Tucholsky; Günter Kunert; Wolfdietrich Schnurre; Uwe Johnson; Monika Maron; Julia Franck; Emine Sevgi Özdamar; Inka Bach; Annett Gröschner; Carmen-Francesca Banciu; Larissa Boehning; Fridolin Schley; Kathrin Röggla; Wladimir Kaminer; Ulrike Draesner; Durs Grünbein
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780191570247
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Anthology
- Rating
- 3.07 / 5 (53 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14