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Russian Disco Paperback – International Edition, January 13, 2009

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Born in Moscow, the author emigrated to Berlin in the early 90s when he was twenty-two. Russian Disco, a bestseller in Europe, is a series of short and comic autobiographical vignettes about life in the explosive multi-cultural atmosphere of 90s Berlin.

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176 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Ebury Press
Publication date

January 13, 2009
Dimensions

5 x 0.31 x 7.87 inches
ISBN-10

9780091886691
ISBN-13

978-0091886691
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0091886694
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ebury Press; Edition Unstated (January 13, 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780091886691
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0091886691
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.31 x 7.87 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,033,457 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #19,108 in Short Stories (Books)
- #102,006 in Biographies (Books)

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Collette

This is a great collection of short vignettes

Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2017

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This is a great collection of short vignettes, charming and funny, not only about Berlin but about the immigrant experience. I very much enjoyed it.

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yidmama

the author loves himself too much

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2012

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I had high expectations of this book, but was quite disappointed. While funny at times, the book ultimately tells a story of narcisisstic man, who is in love with his own intellectualism, wit, and being special. Whatever he writes that is funny is quite diminihed by that.

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Liana

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2015

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Easy to read, very funny book. Too bad there is no other editions on English.

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Ragnar

fun German cultural literature

Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2006

Kaminer is one of the great contemporary German authors. He is a Jewish Russian immigrant who came to Berlin in 1990, but he generally dislikes critics' attempts to pin him down and box him in. His observations of Berlin are fresh and witty, but don't romanticize things. I have read 9 of his books so far and am continually looking forward to the next one. I am quite happy that his work is being translated into English and have already given this book to my parents as a gift.

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TenDeuChen

Dry and boring.

Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2011

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This book is dry and boring. It's like a bunch of short essays that read like "I did this, then I did this, then I did this, and maybe I did that".
Maybe it's better in the original German, but in English it should have been a crime to kill trees to make paper to print this book.

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Daniela Keil

Delightful!

Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2005

If you are looking to understand about the everyday life in Berlin since the fall of the Berlin wall, this is your book. Kaminer has this great way to describe the political incorrect with his innocent spectator view. Most of his stories, even the sad ones, leave me feeling upbeat. Many stories make me laugh out loud. Kaminer is a true comedian, he feels deep, he is supersmart, he teaches you how to cope with everything and anything by trying to find the hilarious, bizarre and funny in everything we encounter.

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Jan

hilarious

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 30, 2013

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this is very very funny, but it is not has funny as the German version audio book, read out by Vladimir Kaminer himself. that gets you into laughing fits.

Grace FALCONER

Russian Disco

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 16, 2013

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I was rather disappointed in this book. I expected it to make me laugh out loud, but it only brought the occasional smile to my lips. Maybe somethiing was lost in translation.

KRK

Enjoyed it!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 4, 2017

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Great alternative read during a trip to Berlin..

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