Berlin : psychogramme of a city / Karl Scheffler ; edited and introduced by Florian Illies ; translated by Michael Hofmann.

Author
Scheffler, Karl, 1869-1951 [Browse]
Uniform title
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
English edition.
Published/​Created
  • Berlin : Suhrkamp, 2021.
  • ©2021
Description
188 pages ; 22 cm

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    Series
    Suhrkamp Taschenbuch ; 5158. [More in this series]
    Summary note
    "Unlike London or Paris, the metropolis on the Spree lacked an organic principle of development. Berlin was nothing more than a colonial city, its sole purpose to conquer the East, its inhabitants a hodgepodge of materialistic individualists. No art or culture with which it might compete with the great cities of the world. Nothing but provincialism and culinary aberrations far and wide. Berlin: 'City of preserves, tinned vegetables and all-purpose dipping sauce'. 'Damned always to become, and never to be'. Scheffler could not have anticipated that his dictum would prove prophetic. No other author has captured the city's fascinating and unique character as perfectly"-- Publisher's description.
    Notes
    "Originally published in 1910"--Title page verso.
    ISBN
    • 9783518471586
    • 3518471589
    OCLC
    1290909675
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