{"product_id":"berlin-now","title":"Berlin Now","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBerlin Now\u003c\/i\u003e, and on the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Wall, a legendary Berliner tells the inside story of the city.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the last five decades, no other city has changed more than Berlin. Divided in 1961, reunited in 1989, it has morphed over the last twenty-five years into Europe's most vibrant melting-pot of artists, immigrants and entrepreneurs. Pieces of the wall are collected around the world. Blending memoir, history, anecdote and reportage, this legendary Berliner takes us behind the scenes - from wrenching stories of life under the Stasi, to the difference between East and West Berliners' sex-lives, to a present-day investigation of its arts scene, night-life, tumultuous politics and hidden quirks - revealing what makes Berlin the uniquely fascinating place it is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Peter Schneider makes\u003cb\u003e the city come alive\u003c\/b\u003e. He knows his stuff and shares it beautifully, elegantly, generously and informatively.\u003cb\u003e Berlin has found its bard' \u003c\/b\u003eBreyten Breytenbach, author of \u003ci\u003eNotes from the Middle World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Jumper\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eMarvelous \u003c\/b\u003e. . . creates, in very few words, \u003cb\u003ethe unreal reality of Berlin\u003c\/b\u003e' Salman Rushdie, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Schneider's description of \u003cb\u003ethe Berlin wall from both sides . . . is the ultimate depiction of this structure\u003c\/b\u003e. Nothing more need be said' Werner Herzog\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eWonderful\u003c\/b\u003e' Ian McEwan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Schneider was born in Lübeck, Germany, in 1940, and has lived in Berlin on and off since the 1960s, when he was a key spokesperson for its radical student movement. Renowned as a novelist and essayist, he is now the author of more than twenty books, including the Penguin Modern Classic \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Jumper. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has taught at many universities, including Stanford, Princeton and Harvard, and written for many international newspapers, including \u003ci\u003eDer Spiegel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLa Repubblica\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":53942194405714,"sku":"9780241970836","price":18.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_17d1de1b-9dea-4a25-9f8a-c3ecb1849d20.jpg?v=1783383947","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/berlin-now","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}