Berlin now : the city after the Wall /
A longtime Berliner's exploration of the heterogeneous allure of this vibrant city. Delving beneath the obvious answers, Berlin's club scene, bolstered by the lack of a mandatory closing time, the artistic communities that thrive due to the relatively low (for now) cost of living, Schneide...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the German. |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
[2014]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | A longtime Berliner's exploration of the heterogeneous allure of this vibrant city. Delving beneath the obvious answers, Berlin's club scene, bolstered by the lack of a mandatory closing time, the artistic communities that thrive due to the relatively low (for now) cost of living, Schneider takes us on an insider's tour of this rapidly metamorphosing metropolis, where high-class soirees are held at construction sites and enterprising individuals often accomplish more without public funding, assembling a makeshift club on the banks of the Spree River, than Berlin's officials do. |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 326 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780374254841 (hbk.) 0374254842 (hbk.) |