Café Berlin
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Café Berlin

A Novel

  1. 310 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Café Berlin

A Novel

About this book

A Syrian Jew finds romance and intrigue in Weimar-era Berlin in this "superbly imagined" literary thriller ( Kirkus Reviews).
In the years between Germany's defeat in World War I and the reign of the Nazis, the underground clubs and cabarets of Berlin pulsed with the frenetic energy of rebellion. Suspended on the precipice of global catastrophe, a young counterculture emerged in the Weimar capital, where—if only for a moment—races and religions mixed, jazz music resounded, and liquor flowed in abundance.
In Harold Nebenzal's daring, suspenseful novel Café Berlin, this high-flying scene forms the backdrop for a thrilling tale of love and the universal human yearning to be free, even under the yoke of totalitarianism. Daniel Saporta is a young Jewish immigrant from Damascus, who comes to Berlin in search of fame, fortune, or at least a good party. He begins a tumultuous love affair with Samira, an exotic dancer secretly under the employ of British Intelligence. When Samira uncovers a conspiracy involving Adolf Hitler and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Daniel is drawn inexorably into an underground world of espionage, sex, and dire political stakes. Presented as a series of diary entries written years later, while Daniel is in hiding during the war, Café Berlin recounts his fleeting memory of the club and the German society now laid waste by the war.
First published by Overlook to great acclaim in 1991, Café Berlin is available once again, offering an incredible story of decadence and defiance during Nazi Germany's rise to power.
Praise for Café Berlin
"A story that combines the picturesque with the spy thriller, the idyllic with the decadent, and does it very well." — The Atlantic Monthly
"Dramatic. . . . Memorable. . . . Gripping and fast-paced." — The Washington Post
"Nebenzal . . . mixes seedy ambiance and solid historical detail in this darkly kaleidoscopic first novel. . . . An absorbing, ingenious debut." — Publishers Weekly

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Information

Publisher
The Overlook Press
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781468316995
eBook ISBN
9781683357131
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. November 14, 1943
  6. November 15, 1943
  7. November 18, 1943
  8. November 19, 1943
  9. November 20, 1943
  10. November 21, 1943
  11. November 22, 1943
  12. November 25, 1943
  13. November 26, 1943
  14. November 27, 1943
  15. November 28, 1943
  16. November 29, 1943
  17. November 30, 1943
  18. December 1, 1943
  19. December 2, 1943
  20. December 3, 1943
  21. December 4, 1943
  22. December 5, 1943
  23. December 7, 1943
  24. December 8, 1943
  25. December 9, 1943
  26. December 10, 1943
  27. December 11, 1943
  28. December 12, 1943
  29. December 13, 1943
  30. December 15, 1943
  31. December 16, 1943
  32. December 17, 1943
  33. December 18, 1943
  34. December 19, 1943
  35. December 20, 1943
  36. December 21, 1943
  37. December 22, 1943
  38. December 23, 1943
  39. December 26, 1943
  40. December 27, 1943
  41. December 29, 1943
  42. December 30, 1943
  43. January 1, 1944
  44. January 2, 1944
  45. January 4, 1944
  46. January 6, 1944
  47. January 7, 1944
  48. January 8, 1944
  49. January 9, 1944
  50. January 11, 1944
  51. January 12, 1944
  52. January 16, 1944
  53. January 18, 1944
  54. January 20, 1944
  55. January 21, 1944
  56. January 23, 1944
  57. January 24, 1944
  58. January 25, 1944
  59. January 26, 1944
  60. January 29, 1944
  61. Charlottenburg, January 28
  62. January 30, 1944
  63. February 1, 1944
  64. February 2, 1944
  65. February 4, 1933
  66. February 5, 1944
  67. February 6, 1944
  68. February 8, 1944
  69. February 10, 1944
  70. February 11, 1944
  71. February 12, 1944
  72. February 13, 1944
  73. February 14, 1944
  74. February 15, 1944
  75. February 17, 1944
  76. February 18, 1944
  77. February 19, 1944
  78. February 20, 1944
  79. February 21, 1944
  80. February 23, 1944
  81. February 25, 1941
  82. February 26, 1944
  83. February 27, 1944
  84. February 28, 1944
  85. February 29, 1944
  86. April 22, 1945
  87. April 25, 1945
  88. April 28, 1945
  89. April 29, 1945
  90. April 30, 1945