Literary Nonfiction. Photography. Translated from the Slovenian by Brian Henry, Forrest Gander, and Aljaz Kova . BERLIN is a lyrical account of the city as well as a book of discoveries, allusions, and traces, an homage to great literary figures who have lived in Berlin. 31 prose miniatures are combined with 21 black-and-white photos taken by Steger in the city. Instead of describing, Steger works to create a web of Benjaminian passages and allusions, a flaneurian book full of small details that takes the reader on a smooth ...
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Literary Nonfiction. Photography. Translated from the Slovenian by Brian Henry, Forrest Gander, and Aljaz Kova . BERLIN is a lyrical account of the city as well as a book of discoveries, allusions, and traces, an homage to great literary figures who have lived in Berlin. 31 prose miniatures are combined with 21 black-and-white photos taken by Steger in the city. Instead of describing, Steger works to create a web of Benjaminian passages and allusions, a flaneurian book full of small details that takes the reader on a smooth yet unpredictable journey through the city, which turns out to be a city of texts.
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