{"product_id":"the-berlin-stories-the-last-of-mr-norris-and-goodbye-to-berlin-new-directions-books","title":"The Berlin Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristopher Isherwood's Berlin fiction collects two novels drawn from his years in Weimar Germany. \u003cem\u003eThe Last of Mr. Norris\u003c\/em\u003e is a shabby, comic portrait of a con man and the narrator who cannot resist him; \u003cem\u003eGoodbye to Berlin\u003c\/em\u003e gives the world Sally Bowles, the Isherwood narrator, and the slow, glamorous approach of fascism. There is gossip, rent, sex, and the understanding that history is about to evict everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Directions published the paired stories in a single volume that functions as both travel book and social history. Isherwood's prose is reportorial rather than nostalgic, probably because he was taking notes while it happened. For readers who prefer their history in gossip, rent bills, and last drinks before the bar closes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vagabound","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48479493325012,"sku":"0811200701","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0802\/5410\/7860\/files\/9780811200707.jpg?v=1786813430","url":"https:\/\/checkout.vagaboundbooks.com\/products\/the-berlin-stories-the-last-of-mr-norris-and-goodbye-to-berlin-new-directions-books","provider":"Vagabound","version":"1.0","type":"link"}