5/19/2023 0 Comments Isherwood goodbye to berlin![]() Sally thinks she is an ideal kind of woman-the kind of woman who can steal any man from another woman, but can’t ultimately make him stay with her because once he’s gotten her, he will discover that it isn’t what he actually wanted all along. Sally has many affairs with many “marvelous” lovers and isn’t shy about sharing this information, though she regrets never being able to keep a man for very long. When Isherwood meets Sally Bowles through a mutual friend, Sally becomes like a bossy older sister to Isherwood, despite her young age. Kost is a prostitute whose best customer is a Japanese man who doesn’t speak much German and likes to lie in bed with her and listen to the gramophone. Bobby (whose real name Isherwood doesn’t know) is a flirty bartender who tickles and slaps Frl. Mayr gossip about the neighbors and consult fortunetellers. Chapter 1, “A Berlin Diary: Autumn 1930,” details life at Frl. Schroeder, Isherwood’s comical landlady, and we get to know the various eccentricities of the other tenants Isherwood shares a flat with in Berlin. Christopher Isherwood, our narrator, has moved to Germany to work on his novel. ![]() As a whole, the novel presents Berlin itself as a character, with its own personality and evolutions. ![]() Each chapter tends to focus on a main character, a particular location, or a certain family, and each chapter is connected to the rest. Goodbye to Berlin’s chapters are divided episodically, rather than strictly chronologically. ![]()
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