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Manhattan (2000), Edition: ohne beiliegende CD !, 193 pages
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Born in Moscow, Wladimir Kaminer emigrated to Berlin in the early 90s when he was 22. Russian Disco is a series of short and comic autobiographical vignettes about life among the 'migr's in the explosive and extraordinary multi-cultural atmosphere of 90s Berlin. It's an exotic, vodka-fuelled millennial Goodbye to Berlin. The stories show a wonderful, innocent, deadpan economy of style reminiscent of the great humorists. Several of his European editors make a comparison with current bestseller David Sedaris. Kaminer manages to say a great deal without seeming to say much at all. He speaks about the offbeat personal events of his own life but captures something universal about our disjointed times.
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For many immigrants from Eastern Europe, Berlin is the first stop in the West. The Russian Wladimir Kaminer is one of those who left their native country to start a new life in Berlin. Russendisko consists of short stories where he describes life in the German capital trough his and his friends'
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eyes. Often quite funny, but the stories seem to lack an overall line... Despite that, it is a fun book to read. Show Less