#AdventOfBooks 2024 day 1: The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood #bookstodon
A collection of semi-autobiographical stories recounting life in jazz-age Berlin. They mix a close-up view of a compelling cast of characters with a backdrop of the Nazis' rise to power. Read them for the manic atmosphere of a city in decay.
And then afterwards, read the author's thoughts on the propriety of a foreigner coming to town, taking other people's stories, twisting them and making them his own.