Walser, Robert, 1878-1956.
Berlin stories / Robert Walser ; edited by Jochen Greven ; translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky and others ; [with an introduction by Susan Bernofsky]. - New York : New York Review Books, c2012. - xiv, 139 p. ; 21 cm. - New York review books classics .
The city streets: Good morning, giantess! -- The park -- Friedrichstrasse -- Market -- Aschinger -- Berlin W -- Tiergarten -- In the electric tram -- The metropolitan street. -- The theater: The theater : a dream -- A person possessed of curiousity -- On the Russian ballet -- Portrait sketch -- On staging lies -- Do you know Meier? -- Four amusements -- Cowshed -- An actor. -- Berlin life: Berlin and the artist -- Kutsch -- Fabulous -- Mountain halls -- The little Berliner -- Flower days -- Fire -- Something about the railway -- What became of me -- Food for thought. -- Looking back Remembering The tales of Hoffman -- The tanners -- The secretary -- Frau Bähni -- Full -- Horse and woman -- Frau Wilke -- Frau Scheer -- The millionairess -- A homecoming in the snow.
In 1905 the young Swiss writer Robert Walser arrived in Berlin to join his older brother Karl, already an important stage-set designer, and immediately threw himself into the vibrant social and cultural life of the city. Berlin Stories collects his alternately celebratory, droll, and satirical observations on every aspect of the bustling German capital, from its theaters, cabarets, painters galleries, and literary salons, to the metropolitan street, markets, the Tiergarten, rapid-service restaurants, and the electric tram.
Translated from the German.
9781590174548 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1590174542 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2011013388
GBB1B6538 bnb 12,A17 dnb
015904249 Uk 1018954686 DE-101
Berlin (Germany)--Fiction.
Anthologie
PT2647.A64 / A2 2012
833/.912
Berlin stories / Robert Walser ; edited by Jochen Greven ; translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky and others ; [with an introduction by Susan Bernofsky]. - New York : New York Review Books, c2012. - xiv, 139 p. ; 21 cm. - New York review books classics .
The city streets: Good morning, giantess! -- The park -- Friedrichstrasse -- Market -- Aschinger -- Berlin W -- Tiergarten -- In the electric tram -- The metropolitan street. -- The theater: The theater : a dream -- A person possessed of curiousity -- On the Russian ballet -- Portrait sketch -- On staging lies -- Do you know Meier? -- Four amusements -- Cowshed -- An actor. -- Berlin life: Berlin and the artist -- Kutsch -- Fabulous -- Mountain halls -- The little Berliner -- Flower days -- Fire -- Something about the railway -- What became of me -- Food for thought. -- Looking back Remembering The tales of Hoffman -- The tanners -- The secretary -- Frau Bähni -- Full -- Horse and woman -- Frau Wilke -- Frau Scheer -- The millionairess -- A homecoming in the snow.
In 1905 the young Swiss writer Robert Walser arrived in Berlin to join his older brother Karl, already an important stage-set designer, and immediately threw himself into the vibrant social and cultural life of the city. Berlin Stories collects his alternately celebratory, droll, and satirical observations on every aspect of the bustling German capital, from its theaters, cabarets, painters galleries, and literary salons, to the metropolitan street, markets, the Tiergarten, rapid-service restaurants, and the electric tram.
Translated from the German.
9781590174548 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1590174542 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2011013388
GBB1B6538 bnb 12,A17 dnb
015904249 Uk 1018954686 DE-101
Berlin (Germany)--Fiction.
Anthologie
PT2647.A64 / A2 2012
833/.912