Russian Disco |  | Author: Wladimir Kaminer
Publisher: Ebury Press
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 176
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0091886694
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780091886691
ASIN: 0091886694
Publication Date: January 13, 2009
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Born in Moscow, the author emigrated to Berlin in the early 90s when he was twenty-two. Russian Disco, a bestseller in Europe, is a series of short and comic autobiographical vignettes about life in the explosive multi-cultural atmosphere of 90s Berlin.
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Delightful! December 14, 2005
Daniela Keil (California, USA)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
If you are looking to understand about the everyday life in Berlin since the fall of the Berlin wall, this is your book. Kaminer has this great way to describe the political incorrect with his innocent spectator view. Most of his stories, even the sad ones, leave me feeling upbeat. Many stories make me laugh out loud. Kaminer is a true comedian, he feels deep, he is supersmart, he teaches you how to cope with everything and anything by trying to find the hilarious, bizarre and funny in everything we encounter.
fun German cultural literature August 21, 2006
Hippietyp (USA)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Kaminer is one of the great contemporary German authors. He is a Jewish Russian immigrant who came to Berlin in 1990, but he generally dislikes critics' attempts to pin him down and box him in. His observations of Berlin are fresh and witty, but don't romanticize things. I have read 9 of his books so far and am continually looking forward to the next one. I am quite happy that his work is being translated into English and have already given this book to my parents as a gift.
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