Kasebier Takes Berlin (discounted) - Gabriele Tergit

Käsebier Takes Berlin by Gabriele Tergit, translated by Sophie Duvernoy / ISBN 9781681372723 / 283-page paperback from NYRB Classics / remainder dot but otherwise in excellent condition *** "A star is born, Weimar-style, in this German novel originally published in 1931....Tergit’s novel deserves a place alongside Döblin’s Berlin Alexanderplatz, Canetti’s Auto-da-Fé, and other key works of the period."—Kirkus In Berlin, 1930, the name Käsebier is on everyone’s lips. A literal combination of the German words for “cheese” and “beer,” it’s an unglamorous name for an unglamorous man—a small-time crooner who performs nightly on a shabby stage for laborers, secretaries, and shopkeepers. Until the press shows up. In the blink of an eye, this everyman is made a star: a star who can sing songs for a troubled time. Margot Weissmann, the arts patron, hosts champagne breakfasts for Käsebier; Muschler the banker builds a theater in his honor; Willi Frächter, a parvenu writer, makes a mint off Käse