A Guide to Berlin - Softcover

Gail Jones teaches literature, cinema and cultural studies at the University of Western Australia. She is the author of Sixty Lights which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Dreams of Speaking and Sorry, both of which were longlisted for the Orange Prize.

"Brimming with rich descriptions... The dark, haunted cityscape of Berlin's winter is beautifully captured... Jones explores her power as a writer, finding fresh and illuminating ways to describe things... A powerful exploration of biography, memory and meaning." * Daily Telegraph * "Jones' sensitivity to the vibrancy of things demonstrates a Nabokovian vividness." -- Sam Kitchener * Independent * "A thoughtful study of the machinations of memory." -- Lucy Scholes * Observer * "An ode to detail... A meditation on memory, travel and grief, on self-fashioning and onliterary friendship." * The Times Literary Supplement * "I've always felt that Gail Jones is yet to receive the recognition she deserves. This is her sixth novel and it is, I believe, a masterpiece. It is a beautifully constructed novel that builds slowly to its horrific and violent conclusion" -- Mark Rubbo * Readings *