{"product_id":"goodbye-to-berlin-christopher-isherwood","title":"Goodbye to Berlin (Christopher Isherwood)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I'm the type which every man imagines he wants, until he gets me; and then he finds he doesn't really, after all'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoodbye to Berlin \u003c\/i\u003eis the novella that inspired \u003ci\u003eCabaret\u003c\/i\u003e, evoking 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 decadent Sally Bowles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVINTAGE DECO: Nine blazing, daring novels to celebrate the 1920s - 100 years on. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eChristopher Isherwood (1904-1986) was one of the most celebrated writers of his generation. He left Cambridge without graduating, briefly studied medicine and then turned to writing his first novels, \u003ci\u003eAll the Conspirators\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Memorial\u003c\/i\u003e. Between 1929 and 1939 he lived mainly abroad, spending four years in Berlin and writing the novels \u003ci\u003eMr Norris Changes Trains\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGoodbye to Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e on which the musical \u003ci\u003eCabaret\u003c\/i\u003e was based. He moved to America in 1939, becoming a US citizen in 1946, and wrote another five novels, including \u003ci\u003eDown There on a Visit\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Single Man\u003c\/i\u003e, a travel book about South America and a biography of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. In the late 1960s and '70s he turned to autobiographical works: \u003ci\u003eKathleen and Frank\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChristopher and His Kind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Guru and His Disciple\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOctober\u003c\/i\u003e, one month of his diary with drawings by Don Bachardy.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 272 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65799564067165,"sku":"K096142958","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9614295800001A.jpg?v=1788435567","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/goodbye-to-berlin-christopher-isherwood","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}