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Rolling Stone
‘His short tales are fantastic sketches of the everyday in a multi-cultural land and humorous reminiscences of life in post-communist early capitalism.’
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‘50 short, amusing and perfectly observed tales.’
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Wladimir Kaminer gives us brief snippets of his life as a Russian emigre in post-reunification Berlin. He tells tales of the eccentric and colourful world around him, mainly of the other Russian emigres but also of the other nationalities vying for a living there. The scene is portrayed with very much charm and often blasting humour. brilliant
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This book took me on a journey !! And I enjoyed travelling along, watching the author weave together a superb book
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A hugely entertaining collection of short stories about russian inmigrants, and the life of a literated yet disfranchised young artist, in after-the-wall Berlin. Wladimir Kaminer's outlook is predictably ironic, yet rarely he seem bitter, and he resists the temptation of turning his peers into larger-than-life bohemians. He doesn't even talk so much about himself as he do about friends and family, letting his personal point of view appear as the book goes on. "Russian Disco" is a great little book that's refreshingly unpretentious, yet manages to describe Berlin's streetlife accurately.
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Dull as dishwater
We know from artists and Eastern Europe. We've been to Berlin many times. And no one in our household can get past page three. Where is the wit? the literary value? Read more
Published on 20 Jan 2007 by Banuta Rubess
Good in German--English?
I read this book and "Schoenhauser Allee" last summer in Berlin and they are both wonderfully written, hilarious observations of the "real" Berlin. Read more
Published on 21 Feb 2003 by Jim Rion
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