Walking in Berlin : a flaneur in the capital
Hessel, Franz, 1880-19412018
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Franz Hessel was an observer par excellence of the increasingly hectic metropolis that was Berlin in the late 1920s. In 'Walking in Berlin,' a collection of 23 essays originally published in German in 1929, he captures the rhythm of Weimar-era Berlin, recording evidence of the seismic shifts shaking German culture at the time. Nearly all of the pieces take the form of a walk or an outing, focusing either on a theme or part of the city, and many end at a theatre, cinema or club. Hessel effortlessly weaves historical information into his observations, displaying his extensive knowledge of the city.
Main title:
Walking in Berlin : a flaneur in the capital / Franz Hessel ; translated by Amanda DeMarco.
Author:
Hessel, Franz, 1880-1941, authorDeMarco, Amanda, translator
Imprint:
Melbourne : Scribe, 2018.
Collation:
272 pages
Notes:
Translated from the German.This translation originally published: 2016.
ISBN:
9781911344728 (pbk)
Dewey class:
914.31550485
Language:
EnglishGerman
Subject:
BRN:
614478