{"product_id":"the-berlin-novels-christopher-isherwood","title":"The Berlin Novels (Christopher Isherwood)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Isherwood gives fascinating insight into pre-war Berlin.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMR NORRIS CHANGES TRAINS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first of Christopher Isherwood's classic 'Berlin' novels, this portrays the encounter and growing friendship between young William Bradshaw and the urbane and mildly sinister Mr Norris. Piquant, witty and oblique, it vividly evokes the atmosphere of pre-war Berlin, and forcefully conveys an ironic political parable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGOODBYE TO BERLIN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe inspiration for the film Cabaret and for the play I Am a Camera, this novel remains one of the most powerful of the century, a haunting evocation of the gathering storm of the Nazi terror. Told in a series of wry, detached and impressionistic vignettes, it is an unforgettable portrait of bohemian Berlin, a city and a world on the very brink of ruin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIsherwood, ChristopherChristopher 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, Englisch, 512 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65812930593117,"sku":"K014735036","price":15.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/1473503600001A.jpg?v=1788535151","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-berlin-novels-christopher-isherwood","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}