{"product_id":"berlin-now","title":"Berlin Now","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBerlin Now\u003c\/i\u003e, and on the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Wall, a legendary Berliner tells the inside story of the city.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the last five decades, no other city has changed more than Berlin. Divided in 1961, reunited in 1989, it has morphed over the last twenty-five years into Europe''s most vibrant melting-pot of artists, immigrants and entrepreneurs. Pieces of the wall are collected around the world. Blending memoir, history, anecdote and reportage, this legendary Berliner takes us behind the scenes - from wrenching stories of life under the Stasi, to the difference between East and West Berliners'' sex-lives, to a present-day investigation of its arts scene, night-life, tumultuous politics and hidden quirks - revealing what makes Berlin the uniquely fascinating place it is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Schneider makes\u003cb style=\"font-family: verdana, tahoma; font-size: 10px;\"\u003e the city come alive\u003c\/b\u003e. He knows his stuff and shares it beautifully, elegantly, generously and informatively.\u003cb style=\"font-family: verdana, tahoma; font-size: 10px;\"\u003e Berlin has found its bard\u003c\/b\u003e''Breyten Breytenbach, author of ''Notes from the Middle World''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Jumper\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb style=\"font-family: verdana, tahoma; font-size: 10px;\"\u003eMarvelous \u003c\/b\u003e. . . creates, in very few words, \u003cb style=\"font-family: verdana, tahoma; font-size: 10px;\"\u003ethe unreal reality of Berlin\u003c\/b\u003e'' Salman Rushdie, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Review \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Schneider''s description of \u003cb style=\"font-family: verdana, tahoma; font-size: 10px;\"\u003ethe Berlin wall from both sides . . . is the ultimate depiction of this structure\u003c\/b\u003e. Nothing more need be said'' Werner Herzog\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb style=\"font-family: verdana, tahoma; font-size: 10px;\"\u003eWonderful\u003c\/b\u003e'' Ian McEwan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Schneider was born in Lübeck, Germany, in 1940, and has lived in Berlin on and off since the 1960s, when he was a key spokesperson for its radical student movement. Renowned as a novelist and essayist, he is now the author of more than twenty books, including the Penguin Modern Classic \u003ci style=\"font-family: verdana, tahoma; font-size: 10px;\"\u003eThe Wall Jumper. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has taught at many universities, including Stanford, Princeton and Harvard, and written for many international newspapers, including \u003ci style=\"font-family: verdana, tahoma; font-size: 10px;\"\u003eDer Spiegel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci style=\"font-family: verdana, tahoma; font-size: 10px;\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci style=\"font-family: verdana, tahoma; font-size: 10px;\"\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci style=\"font-family: verdana, tahoma; font-size: 10px;\"\u003eLa Repubblica\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319320715646,"sku":"NW9780241970836","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241970836.jpg?v=1778727506","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/berlin-now","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}