The Turbulent World of Franz Göll: An Ordinary Berliner Writes the Twentieth Century

by Peter Fritzsche

Book Overview

Franz G ll was a thoroughly typical Berliner. He worked as a clerk, sometimes as a postal employee, night watchman, or publisher's assistant. He enjoyed the movies, ate spice cake, wore a fedora, tamed sparrows, and drank beer or schnapps. He lived his entire life in a two-room apartment in Rote Insel, Berlin's famous working-class district. What makes Franz G ll different is that he left behind one of the most comprehensive diaries available from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674055314
• ISBN13: 9780674055315
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.3"