He published two novels based on his experiences, The of Mr. Isherwood experienced Berlin during a period of political tension and violence that was, at the same time, a period of cultural experimentation and artistic energy. This period saw the curtain come down on Germany’s first parliamentary democracy, the Weimar Republic, when the constitution and the political culture proved unable to withstand the continual attacks from both the Nazi Party with its uniformed cohorts on the right of the political spectrum and the communists on the left. In 1929 he went to Berlin, where, like his novel’s narrator, he remained for four years. Over a three-year period he becomes deeply involved with a number of memorable Berlin characters and observes the disintegration of the German political system that leads to Hitler’s rise to power.Įvents in History at the Time the Novel Takes PlaceĮvents in History at the Time the Novel Was WrittenĬhristopher Isherwood (1904-86) was born in High Lane, Cheshire, England. A semi-autobiographical novel, set In Berlin at the end of the Weimar Republic and the beginning of the Hmi era first published In 1939.Ĭhristopher, a young Englishman, lives in Berlin in the early 1930s and earns a small income from teaching English in private homes.
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