Yet another business trip, to London. The city is in full refurbishment mode (or at least it seems so). Getting around is quite a nightmare. I arrived in town on Sunday afternoon and not motivated for museums or walks in the park, I ended up at Hatchard’s. I had forgotten what a fantastic shopping experience that can be!
Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada was actually Number One among the Readers, and there was even a theme table inspired by Fallada’s book! No wonder I ended up buying 1 of these books which I hadn’t read yet. You will read about it in the Bookshelf in Berlin section (as soon as I update it!!).
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“Alone in Berlin” is a thrilling read even if you are not interested in German history at all. But if you are, this book will keep you sleepless at night: http://andreasmoser.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/alone-in-berlin-hans-fallada/
indeed. to me the atmosphere is similar to orwell’s 1984. it’s a good book on the nazi period because it’s totally devoid of any bombastic iconography. it really shows how desperate people could feel.