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Russian Disco: Tales of Everyday Lunacy on the Streets of Berlin (Paperback)

by Wladimir Kaminer (Author)
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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Ebury Press (1 Aug 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0091886694
  • ISBN-13: 978-0091886691
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 1.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 202,967 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #40 in  Books > Fiction > Short Stories > World > German
    #60 in  Books > Fiction > Short Stories > World > Russian
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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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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good in German--English?, 21 Feb 2003
I read this book and "Schoenhauser Allee" last summer in Berlin and they are both wonderfully written, hilarious observations of the "real" Berlin. Kaminer's humor is unmissable in any language, though I must admit I haven't read the translations so I'm not sure how it came out. For anyone who's been to Berlin, the books are especially entertaining, as Kaminer gets behind the tourist facade and shows the true charm of this great city.
I recommend these stories wholeheartedly!
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Refreshing., 13 Mar 2004
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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1.0 out of 5 stars Dull as dishwater, 20 Jan 2007
By Banuta Rubess "omnivore" (Riga, Latvia) - See all my reviews
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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? the luminous insight? Coming home from the disco, good book for falling asleep.
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