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First published in 1939, this novel obliquely evokes the gathering storm of Berlin before and during the rise to power of the Nazis. Events are seen through the eyes of a series of individuals, whose lives are all about to be ruined.Read More

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    'I am a camera with its shutter open quite passive recording not thinking' are the famous lines on the first page. This a semi autobiographical account of Isherwood's time in 1930s Berlin. Written as a connected series of six short stories the book first published in 1939 is a brilliant evocation of the decadence and repression glamour and sleaze of Berlin society. Isherwood shows the lives of people at threat from the rise of the Nazis: Natalia Laundauer the rich Jewish heiress Peter and Otto a gay couple and the 'divinely decadent' Sally Bowles a young English woman who was so memorably portrayed by Liza Minnelli.

  • Foyles

    Discover the dark and decadent novella that inspired Cabaret.Set in the 1930s, Goodbye to Berlin evokes the glamour and sleaze, excess and repression of Berlin society. Isherwood shows the lives of people under threat from the rise of the Nazis: a wealthy Jewish heiress, Natalia Landauer, a gay couple, Peter and Otto, and an English upper-class waif, the divinely self-indulgent Sally Bowles.'Brilliant sketches of a society in decay' George Orwell'Isherwood is a master of the emotionally cathartic moment, funny and perspicacious' Evening Standard

  • BookDepository

    Goodbye to Berlin : Paperback : Vintage Publishing : 9780749390549 : : 12 Aug 2003 : Set in the 1930s, Goodbye to Berlin evokes the glamour and sleaze, excess and repression of Berlin society. Isherwood shows the lives of people at threat from the rise of the Nazis: a wealthy Jewish heiress, Natalia Landauer, a gay couple, Peter and Otto, and an English upper-class waif, the divinely decadent Sally Bowles.

  • Waterstones

    A semi autobiographical account of Isherwood's time in 1930s Berlin that shows the lives of people at threat from the rise of the Nazis: Natalia Laundauer, the rich, Jewish heiress, Peter and Otto, a gay couple and the 'divinely decadent' Sally Bowle

  • 0749390549
  • 9780749390549
  • Christopher Isherwood
  • 2 November 1989
  • Vintage
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 272
  • New Ed
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