Sentence examples for contemporary berlin from inspiring English sources

It says much about contemporary Berlin that among the list of players you see so many Eastern European and Asian surnames.

But this is the other important thing about Emil and the Detectives: Kästner set his novel in contemporary Berlin, a city of apartments and underground trains.

One of the most-talked-about novels of the year was Helene Hegemann's Axolotl Roadkill, a succès de scandale that told a confused and confusing story of anomie and hopelessness in contemporary Berlin.

Before we'd rendezvoused Gregor had had time to look in on an alpaca farm; and this assemblage – scrubland, motorway, rare breeds – seemed to situate contemporary Berlin in a familiar outer-urban topography.

Anna Funder's Stasiland is remarkable: an attempt to examine the consequences of East German communism from the perspective of the people, it's a beautiful balance of reportage and her own experiences in contemporary Berlin.

There is an English-language map of the city called "Walk the Wall," on sale at most newsstands for $2, that superimposes the outline of the former Wall on contemporary Berlin, and details suggested self-guided tours.

"Oxford is afraid of him," Ayer's friend and contemporary Isaiah Berlin said.

'&apos Oxford is afraid of him,'' Ayer's friend and contemporary Isaiah Berlin said.

In the century's last decade of liberal triumph, then, Popper's contemporary Isaiah Berlin, who in the seventies had seemed too plummy and sonorous and lacking in fighting spirit for a hero, became the image of enlightened humanism.

Art Berlin Contemporary: $4,800.

The two fairs, Art Berlin Contemporary (ABC) at Station Berlin and Positions at the new creative center of Arena in Kreuzberg, have split their differences by way of tactics.