{"product_id":"goodbye-to-berlin-by-christopher-isherwood","title":"Goodbye to Berlin","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Christopher Isherwood\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Sally Bowles took center stage in the book’s musical adaptation, \u003cem\u003eCabaret\u003c\/em\u003e, but the theatrical version can’t match the power and richness of the original.”—\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e100 Best English-Language Novels of the 20th-Century\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“In Isherwood's work, a magic potion of history and invention, the voice is clear, and, no matter how many times we hear it, it always seems to be speaking for the first time.”—Howard Moss, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1934, \u003cem\u003eGoodbye to Berlin\u003c\/em\u003e has been popularized on stage and screen by Julie Harris in \u003cem\u003eI Am a Camera\u003c\/em\u003e and Liza Minelli in \u003cem\u003eCabaret\u003c\/em\u003e. Isherwood magnificently captures 1931 Berlin: charming with its avenues and cafés; marvelously grotesque with its nightlife and dreamers; dangerous with its vice and intrigue; powerful and seedy with its mobs and millionaires. The shadow of Hitler looms menacingly, towering higher and higher. \u003cem\u003eGoodbye to Berlin\u003c\/em\u003e is inhabited by a wealth of characters: the unforgettable and \"divinely decadent\" Sally Bowles; plump Fraülein Schroeder, who considers reducing her Büste to relieve heart palpitations; Peter and Otto, a gay couple struggling with their relationship; and the distinguished and doomed Jewish family the Landauers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e218 pages\u003cbr\u003eNew Directions, 2012\u003cbr\u003eOriginally Published in 1934\u003cbr\u003e5.2 x 0.7 x 8 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9780811220248\u003cbr\u003eFiction\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":544179181,"sku":"9780811220248","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/products\/Isherwood_Goodbye_to_Berlin.jpg?v=1634582310","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/goodbye-to-berlin-by-christopher-isherwood","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}