false 30851 13 For eight weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian army, a young woman kept a daily record of life in her apartment building and among its residents. Spare, unpredictable, minutely observed, and utterly free of self-pity (<i>The Plain Dealer</i>, Cleveland), the anonymous author depicts her fellow Berliners in all their humanity as well as their cravenness. And with bald honesty and brutal lyricism (<i>Elle</i>), she tells of the shameful indignities to which women in a conquered city are always subject. <i>A Woman in Berlin</i> is, to quote A. S. Byatt, essential, and a classic of war literature. 31186 book 2003 A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary total:534|5:235|4:223|3:62|2:13|1:1| 534 2280 877 147 5 7 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Sep 02 20:02:03 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 05 00:38:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 5 false false Wed Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 29 12:47:28 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 22 13:30:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Feb 19 17:27:48 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 17:43:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jul 29 16:52:42 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 30 11:42:26 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Sep 06 11:32:33 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 11:32:47 -0700 2007
Very well written. Intelligent discourse. An important look at the particular price women pay in wartime, how they become par...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 23:44:07 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 18:20:19 -0700 2009 1
It is the fascinating account of the last days of Berlin under the Third Reich, as well as when the Russians conquered the city. The a...more...]]> 0 3 false false Tue Oct 14 11:07:55 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 11:08:45 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Mar 22 13:35:40 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 22 13:38:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 15:33:51 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 06:40:00 -0800 2008 ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 15 07:44:06 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 15 07:44:06 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Nov 06 16:22:27 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 06 16:22:27 -0800 2007
The fact that it's from a German perspective only underlines the reach of this diary...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 23:07:45 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 23:36:14 -0700 2007
I'm not sure where to start, because there are a lot of surprising, compelling and troubling themes and stories in this book.

On a philosophical level, the way in w...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Mar 03 09:45:30 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 10:08:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 14:44:03 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 10:45:04 -0800 2009
Do we not see ourselves as ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 15:46:08 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 15:53:27 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 05:57:12 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 05:58:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 05 22:58:53 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 23:23:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 true true Mon Feb 16 03:23:29 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 06:59:25 -0800 2009
Berlin 1945, as the Soviet troops approach, arrive, move on.
This is what happens, and this why war never clears up the mess it was meant to do, because it creates a worst one in the process.
What happens ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 03:53:14 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 20:47:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 02:00:44 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 19:58:50 -0800 2009 more...]]>