{"product_id":"berlin-before-and-after-a-cautionary-mirror-for-our-times-9780063321359","title":"Berlin Before and After: A Cautionary Mirror for Our Times","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Delightfully original, brilliantly conceived, witty, and poignant.\" --Brenda Wineapple\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBerlin is more than a city; it's a survivor, an enigma, and a mirror to the world, a unique place whose recent past holds essential lessons for us today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIIn 1929, Berlin stood at a precipice--alive with art, literature, and radical politics, yet trembling under the weight of economic instability and the shadows of extremism. A century later, the city bears the scars and triumphs of everything that followed: dictatorship, devastation, division, and ultimately reunification. Today's Berlin is both haunted by and distinct from its past, a metropolis where every street corner and memorial carries the echoes of history, acknowledging and thus atoning for what took place there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA seasoned chronicler of cities and culture, Wendy Lesser reveals Berlin as a place that refuses to forget, a living reminder of both catastrophe and resilience. In its transformations lie urgent lessons for the rest of the world, and particularly for America today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA history, travelogue, cultural study, and personal reflection, \u003ci\u003eBerlin Before and After\u003c\/i\u003e captures the essence of a city that has lived through extremes and offers hope and proof that the past need not dictate the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wendy Lesser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063321359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLesser, Wendy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eWENDY LESSER, the founder and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Review\u003c\/i\u003e, is the author of one novel and more than a dozen books of nonfiction. She has written about dance, music, film, television, and literature for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe London Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous other publications, both in the US and abroad. The recipient of fellowships and awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the American Academy in Berlin, she presently divides her time between Berkeley, New York, and Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Wendy Lesser \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48912741499037,"sku":"9780063321359","price":38.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_ded9143f-cd27-49c3-bef8-9b27a3132d61.jpg?v=1789546976","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/berlin-before-and-after-a-cautionary-mirror-for-our-times-9780063321359","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}