Zombies of Berlin (Audible Audio Edition) Ralph Martin Eric Martin Audible Studios Books
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For generations, the big city has promised romance, danger, opportunity. But what happens when you wake up one hungover morning and realize the promise is gone...along with your cheap apartment? That your whole existence in Berlin - 10 years of easy living based on cheap rent and the ability to just barely make it in the creative industry - was just a historical accident, the cheap rent and Bohemian setting products of a perverse economy, a miracle that couldn't possibly last? What does it do to your sense of place to realize that Berlin is following cluelessly in New York's footsteps, from artsy wonderland to real estate boondoggle? Does that mean Berlin, like New York, is over? Or does it come back to you Deep down, does it mean that you can't afford to go on fooling yourself?
Part amateur sociology, part autobiographical journey, Zombies of Berlin explores Ralph Martin's experience of gentrification in Berlin and New York and the dawning horror that these cities have windows of raw beauty Blink and you might miss them. The author takes an anxiety-fueled trip to Leipzig to check out the 'better Berlin', with distinctly mixed results, thrown back upon himself as he tries to figure out whether we shouldn't all just move to the country.
Zombies is not a political pamphlet but a hauntingly melancholic and comical journey a vivid portrait of status anxiety in the age of real estate. Ralph Martin is an ex-New Yorker, writer, and journalist. His work has appeared in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, in the New York Times, and elsewhere.
Zombies of Berlin (Audible Audio Edition) Ralph Martin Eric Martin Audible Studios Books
"I Will Find a City, Find Myself a City to Live In" -- David Byrne. Why does it seem whatever city one inhabits "used to be cool back in the day," but now that WE live here, rents are out of control and the city has been pronounced dead? This is a great book that deftly examines this phenom, with brilliantly crafted prose, such as: "...cool is the coral reef that keeps the ocean healthy." A great book for anyone who has ever lived in a city that "used to be great," or dreams of one day living in a city like...oh, I hear Leipzig is all the rage now!Product details
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Zombies of Berlin (Audible Audio Edition) Ralph Martin Eric Martin Audible Studios Books Reviews
This is SO funny and so smart - I lapped up every page. I was really hooked by this book - which I wasn't totally expecting. I mean, I thought it would be pretty good but it's actually SO GOOD. Couldn't put it down! But sad that Berlin is going the way of so many good cities, with its new monied residents pushing out the cultural factions... So relevant - and I recommend highly.
Quick enjoyable read, witty and inventive.
Five stars appropriate when considering the authors ability to connect with a large cross section of readers.
Nice to have some fun light reading sometimes.
This is a great, swift, sad, deft analysis--of the city, and of the author himself. It stays with you.
Great read -- anyone who has ever felt disillusioned by their city, or pined for another, will greatly appreciate. And whichever camp you fall into, it might also change how you think about it. Plus, it explains why there are probably some art school kids subconsciously determining our real estate future as we speak!
I loved every moment of this wonderful twisty and turny rabbit hole into that moment, somewhere around middle age, where we stand and wonder what has actually happened to our boho-ness, what have we missed, and why are those guys in Leipzig staring at us. I almost spilled my tea because I couldn't stop laughing at the kidnapping train to the east. And the train ride through Mordor. Ralph Martin has very much his own voice and it makes a piece like this all the more fun. A little self loathing, a little arrogance, followed by shame. And funny. And at the core, the cities we love and are perplexed by, the creative people - the real ones and the posturing -, the rich who follow them, the handcrafted food. It's like an essay in the Atlantic but drunk and the lady you met at the party just told you she's a therapist so you decide to tell her everything.
"I Will Find a City, Find Myself a City to Live In" -- David Byrne. Why does it seem whatever city one inhabits "used to be cool back in the day," but now that WE live here, rents are out of control and the city has been pronounced dead? This is a great book that deftly examines this phenom, with brilliantly crafted prose, such as "...cool is the coral reef that keeps the ocean healthy." A great book for anyone who has ever lived in a city that "used to be great," or dreams of one day living in a city like...oh, I hear Leipzig is all the rage now!
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