Mr Norris Changes Trains
First published in 1933, the novel portrays a series of encounters in Berlin between the narrator and the camp and mildly sinister Mr. Norris. Evoking the atmosphere in Berlin during the rise of the Nazis, the novel has achieved the status of a modern classic.
First published in 1933, the novel portrays a series of encounters in Berlin between the narrator and the camp and mildly sinister Mr. Norris. Evoking the atmosphere in Berlin during the rise of the Nazis, the novel has achieved the status of a modern classic.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099771418 (0099771411)
ASIN: 0099771411
Publish date: 2005-02-22
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
20th Century,
Glbt,
Gay,
Germany,
Fiction
”What repels me now about Mr Norris is its heartlessness. It is a heartless fairy-story about a real city in which human beings were suffering the miseries of political violence and near-starvation. The "wickedness" of Berlin's night-life was of the most pitiful kind; the kisses and embraces, as alw...
Berlin in the 30s, the political unrest grows but the demimonde parties on. The narrator, William Bradshaw, lives there nicely as an expat giving English classes and enjoying life. This is pretty much all that we know about him, he doesn’t even explicitly reveal his sexual orientation. In fact, this...
When a friend of mine heard that I was reading a book titled "Mr Norris Changes Trains", the first thing he said was "Chuck, I suppose?".Poor Christopher Isherwood! Had he known about the main badass character of Walker Texas Ranger kicking his Arthur Norris out of common knowledge, I'm sure he woul...
Christopher Isherwood's novels inspired one of my favourite musicals (Cabaret) and one of my favourite films (A Single Man); and so receiving a selection of his novels for my birthday back in March was really exciting. I decided to start with the book I knew least about, Mr Norris Changes Trains.The...
Berlin in the 30s, the political unrest grows but the demimonde parties on. The narrator, William Bradshaw, lives there nicely as an expat giving English classes and enjoying life. This is pretty much all that we know about him, he doesn’t even explicitly reveal his sexual orientation. In fact, this...
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