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Berlin: Life and Death in the City at the Center of the World

Maybe someday

34

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

50/100

Critics

17/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Sinclair McKay

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press

Date:

August 23, 2022

Sinclair McKay's portrait of Berlin from 1919 forward explores the city's broad human history, from the end of the Great War to the Blockade, rise of the Wall, and beyond.

What The Reviewers Say

David Aaronovitch,
The Times (UK)
From its early pages it feels as though Sinclair McKay was born to write this book.
Katja Hoyer,
The Times Literary Supplement (UK)
Characteristically perceptive and fast-paced, McKay’s new book artfully plunges its readers into contrasting layers of history.
Mark Knoblauch,
Booklist
Students of film history will revel in McKay’s account of Berlin’s innovative filmmakers.
Laurie Unger Skinner,
Library Journal
Readers with an interest in the life of cities, 20th-century European history, World War II, and the Cold War will appreciate McKay’s well-researched book..