But there are elements of it, such as his own personal life, that are fictionalized. There are many parts of it that are incredibly historically accurate, seeing as he did actually live through Germany as it transitioned into the Nazi Germany of World War Two. Goodbye to Berlin is an account of Isherwood’s time in Berlin, told through a mostly fictional way but including elements of his real life within it. I resolved to read it one day after that, and I am glad I have. The first time I’d actually heard of Isherwood was during a creative writing class when we were tasked with creating accurate descriptions of characters, and we were given an excerpt from this book to read – the part when Christopher meets Sally for the first time. You might have read my review of A Single Man, which I really enjoyed. Here’s another semi-autobiographical book that I’ve read this year.
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