Ark Audio

On this fourth Ark Audio Book Club we discuss Christopher Isherwood's Goodbye to Berlin. The book is a portrayal of Berlin in the interwar period. From 1930 to 1933 Christopher Isherwood, the narrator who holds the writer's own name, meets a variety of different people and through them portrays this troubling time in Berlin history. The book is divided into six sections, the first and last are diary entries. The rest are dedicated to specific characters. One of them is Sally Bowles, the character who ended up as the main character in the very successful musical Cabaret which certainly helped put Isherwood on the literary map. The novel is like a still picture of the social and political commotions characterizing Berlin during these years. The narrators position in life and in the novel might be the most interesting aspect in the novel, but maybe not. Hosted by Henriette Engelberg and featuring Giovanna Alesandro, Magnus Friis Maya Zachariassen. Produced by Macon Holt and Giovanna Alesandro.