The Berlin Stories

Written by Christopher Isherwood

Narrated by Michael York

First published in the 1930s, The Berlin Stories contains two novels, The Last of Mr. Norris and Goodbye to Berlin. Classics of modern fiction, these novellas capture 1931 Berlin—charming, grotesque, and dangerous, as Hitler was ascending to power. The Berlin Stories is inhabited by a wealth of characters, in particular the nightclub performer Sally Bowles, whose misadventures were popularized on stage and screen in I Am a Camera and Cabaret.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Phoenix Books, Inc.
• Release date: Apr 1, 1990
• ISBN: 9781597777971

Christopher Isherwood

Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) was born outside of Manchester, England. His life in Berlin from 1929 to 1933 inspired The Berlin Stories, which were adapted into a play, a film, and the musical Cabaret. Isherwood immigrated to the United States in 1939. A major figure in twentieth-century fiction and the gay rights movement, he wrote more than twenty books, including the novel A Single Man and his autobiography, Christopher and His Kind.

Reviews for The Berlin Stories

[Juulia Tumanoff · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

didn't realise this audiobook was abridged, leaves out so much of the original book. not a fan.