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This is a splendidly-illustrated biography of Weimar Berlin's sordid and influential dancer, playwright and actress. In an era where everything was permitted, Anita Berber's celebrations of "Depravity, Horror and Ecstasy" were condemned and censored. She often haunted Weimar Berlin's hotel lobbies, nightclubs and casinos, radiantly naked, except for an elegant sable wrap, a pet monkey hanging from her neck and a silver brooch packed with cocaine. Multi-talented Anita saw no boundaries between her personal life and her taboo-shattering performances.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Max
Format:Paperback
Anita Berber was Berlin's most notorious dancer but also its most talented. Her career to fame and notoriety started at age 16 at the tail end of the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm and the beginning of the Weimar years, it ended in 1928 with her death. A year before the world economically fell apart and the subsequent end of the Weimar republic started.
She became famous because of her dancing that was revolutionary and taboo breaking for those days and even today it would raise eyebrows. But the actress/poet/playwright/dancer became notorious amongst others because of her habit to appear naked in hotel-lobbies, restaurants and nightclubs -a silver brooch filled with cocaine being the only thing on her naked body- and not saying no to anything or anyone. The last ten years of her life she was drunk and high continuously which slowly was destroying the talented redhead both career wise and physically. Her life was the reflection of Weimar Berlin. Learning about her life and its highs and lows is learning about Weimar Berlin.
On the downside the book doesn't feel complete, it's not clear why that is. You can finish this book in two to three days it's double spaced and written in a clear easy to read style. It is not the only biography about Anita Berber but it is the only one still available. Even if the book doesn't feel complete it is worth the money I enjoyed and recommend it.
She became famous because of her dancing that was revolutionary and taboo breaking for those days and even today it would raise eyebrows. But the actress/poet/playwright/dancer became notorious amongst others because of her habit to appear naked in hotel-lobbies, restaurants and nightclubs -a silver brooch filled with cocaine being the only thing on her naked body- and not saying no to anything or anyone. The last ten years of her life she was drunk and high continuously which slowly was destroying the talented redhead both career wise and physically. Her life was the reflection of Weimar Berlin. Learning about her life and its highs and lows is learning about Weimar Berlin.
On the downside the book doesn't feel complete, it's not clear why that is. You can finish this book in two to three days it's double spaced and written in a clear easy to read style. It is not the only biography about Anita Berber but it is the only one still available. Even if the book doesn't feel complete it is worth the money I enjoyed and recommend it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By roland
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
great book about a strange girl in a strange period in history. the way this book is written is very american, why use one word when twenty will do? dont let that put you off though as it is a great read.
13 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By hdd
Format:Paperback
Appallingly badly-written (easily one of the worst books I've ever had the misfortune to read), redeeming itself and its purchase price only with the generous number of photographs, many of which I'd never seen before. I found myself skimming the text itself, which is not written in a scholarly way, elides way too much, and offers very little in the way of either facts, insights, or analyses.
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