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amberfinnegan's review
4.0
This was an interesting reading short.
I wanted to read this especially because my grandmother was born in Berlin, 1929.
I enjoyed Hessel’s observations and opinions of such and interesting time for culture in Europe. While reading, I constantly got the impression of Paris on Montpernasse (which he even mentions funny enough) but with a twist. Hessel seems to have the impression that Germans wanted to enjoy themselves, but weren’t very good at it?
Some enjoyable quotes:
“...they generally keep the tempo of their Berlin, which leaves the likes of us somewhat breathless.”
“Roundabout the tables, whispers fly like in the best of Europe. That is, in the new Berlin one doesn’t speak as loudly as in the old one. It’s like you’re at a reception.”
“She bursts out laughing, as across from her the fat colossus from the North Sea coast, who pours German poetry during the day and foreign drinks at night, bellows his well-known war cry, with which he’s accustomed to ring in the second, merrier half of his evening. But the neighbors give a gentle shh!”
“Before, it seems to me, everything must have been more sinful. Apparently, matters of desire back then we’re more calibrated to their level of danger.”
I wanted to read this especially because my grandmother was born in Berlin, 1929.
I enjoyed Hessel’s observations and opinions of such and interesting time for culture in Europe. While reading, I constantly got the impression of Paris on Montpernasse (which he even mentions funny enough) but with a twist. Hessel seems to have the impression that Germans wanted to enjoy themselves, but weren’t very good at it?
Some enjoyable quotes:
“...they generally keep the tempo of their Berlin, which leaves the likes of us somewhat breathless.”
“Roundabout the tables, whispers fly like in the best of Europe. That is, in the new Berlin one doesn’t speak as loudly as in the old one. It’s like you’re at a reception.”
“She bursts out laughing, as across from her the fat colossus from the North Sea coast, who pours German poetry during the day and foreign drinks at night, bellows his well-known war cry, with which he’s accustomed to ring in the second, merrier half of his evening. But the neighbors give a gentle shh!”
“Before, it seems to me, everything must have been more sinful. Apparently, matters of desire back then we’re more calibrated to their level of danger.”
jordi's review
2.0
Pretty lame and uninteresting.
Kind if I say today I went to the movies and burguer kind and give you details of everything I see on the way
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