search for books and compare prices
Price
Store
Arrives
Preparing
Shipping
Jump quickly to results on these stores:
The price is the lowest for any condition, which may be new or used; other conditions may also be available.
Jump down to see edition details for: Paperback
Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
New York Review of Books
Publication date
November 6, 2012
Pages
177
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781590175842
ISBN-10
1590175840
Dimensions
0.30 by 5 by 8 in.
Weight
0.45 lbs.
Original list price
$15.95
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
The Artificial Silk Girl | The Nazi State and German Society | On Tangled Paths | Berlin Now | The Salaried Masses | Murder in Amsterdam | The Weimar Republic Sourcebook | The Ghosts of Berlin | The Berlin Stories
The Artificial Silk Girl | The Nazi State and German Society | On Tangled Paths | Berlin Now | The Salaried Masses | Murder in Amsterdam | The Weimar Republic Sourcebook | The Ghosts of Berlin | The Berlin Stories
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Going to the Dogs is set in Berlin after the crash of 1929 and before the Nazi takeover, years of rising unemployment and financial collapse. The moralist in question is Jakob Fabian, âaged thirty-two, profession variable, at present advertising copywriter . . . weak heart, brown hair,â a young man with an excellent education but permanently condemned to a low-paid job without security in the short or the long run.
Whatâs to be done? Fabian and friends make the best of itâthey go to work though they may be laid off at any time, and in the evenings they go to the cabarets and try to make it with girls on the make, all the while making a lot of sharp-sighted and sharp-witted observations about politics, life, and love, or what may be. Not that it makes a difference. Workers keep losing work to new technologies while businessmen keep busy making money, and everyone who can goes out to dance clubs and sex clubs or engages in marathon bicycle events, since so long as thereâs hope of running into the right person or (even) doing the right thing, wellâwhy stop?
Going to the Dogs, in the words of introducer Rodney Livingstone, âbrilliantly renders with tangible immediacy the last frenetic years [in Germany] before 1933.â It is a book for our time too.
Whatâs to be done? Fabian and friends make the best of itâthey go to work though they may be laid off at any time, and in the evenings they go to the cabarets and try to make it with girls on the make, all the while making a lot of sharp-sighted and sharp-witted observations about politics, life, and love, or what may be. Not that it makes a difference. Workers keep losing work to new technologies while businessmen keep busy making money, and everyone who can goes out to dance clubs and sex clubs or engages in marathon bicycle events, since so long as thereâs hope of running into the right person or (even) doing the right thing, wellâwhy stop?
Going to the Dogs, in the words of introducer Rodney Livingstone, âbrilliantly renders with tangible immediacy the last frenetic years [in Germany] before 1933.â It is a book for our time too.
Editions
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
With Rodney Livingstone (other contributor), Erich Kastner |
from New York Review of Books (November 6, 2012)
9781590175842 | details & prices | 177 pages | 5.00 × 8.00 × 0.30 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $15.95
About: Going to the Dogs is set in Berlin after the crash of 1929 and before the Nazi takeover, years of rising unemployment and financial collapse.
About: Going to the Dogs is set in Berlin after the crash of 1929 and before the Nazi takeover, years of rising unemployment and financial collapse.
Pricing is shown for items sent to or within the U.S., excluding shipping and tax. Please consult the store to determine exact fees. No warranties are made express or implied about the accuracy, timeliness, merit, or value of the information provided. Information subject to change without notice. isbn.nu is not a bookseller, just an information source.