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Berlin Paperback – Sept. 1 2020

by Jason Lutes (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars 529 ratings
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"The magic in Berlin is in the way Lutes conjures, out of old newspapers and photographs, a city so remote from him in time and space... [Berlin has] an ending so electrifying that I gasped."—New York Times Book Review

During the past two decades, Jason Lutes has quietly created one of the masterworks of the graphic novel golden age. Berlin is one of the high-water marks of the medium: rich in its well-researched historical detail, compassionate in its character studies, and as timely as ever in its depiction of a society slowly awakening to the stranglehold of fascism.

Berlin is an intricate look at the fall of the Weimar Republic through the eyes of its citizens—Marthe Müller, a young woman escaping the memory of a brother killed in World War I, Kurt Severing, an idealistic journalist losing faith in the printed word as fascism and extremism take hold; the Brauns, a family torn apart by poverty and politics. Lutes weaves these characters’ lives into the larger fabric of a city slowly ripping apart.

The city itself is the central protagonist in this historical fiction. Lavish salons, crumbling sidewalks, dusty attics, and train stations: all these places come alive in Lutes’ masterful hand. Weimar Berlin was the world’s metropolis, where intellectualism, creativity, and sensuous liberal values thrived, and Lutes maps its tragic, inevitable decline. Devastatingly relevant and beautifully told, Berlin is one of the great epics of the comics medium.

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  3. Language
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  4. Publisher
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  5. Publication date
    Sept. 1 2020
  6. Reading age
    16 years and up
  7. Dimensions
    19.56 x 4.19 x 24.84 cm
  8. ISBN-10
    1770464069
  9. ISBN-13
    978-1770464063
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With its rich sense of time and place, nuanced portrayal of individual destinies, precisely rendered imagery, and poetic expression of themes, Jason Lutes's Berlin is truly a masterful narrative." - Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

"A watershed achievement - Berlin charted new territory for the graphic novel and comics at the same time, at once a story about artists trying to make art during the rise of the Nazis in Germany, and a bildungsroman of the first order. This landmark collection returns this story to us now when we need examples of how to stay human to each other in the face of a politics that turns friends into enemies - a newly necessary book." - Alexander Chee, The Queen of the Night

"Lutes covers the cabaret scene, the struggles of the press and riots as the Nazis rise, and lives that seemed full of possibility are twisted by the grasping arms of the state. . . A modern classic." - The Guardian Best Books of 2018

" Berlin reads like not just a masterwork but also a life's work." - The Washington Post, 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2018

""Recommend" isn't a strong enough verb for conveying how badly you need to read Berlin. . . The stories that play out between those two bookends sway from the romantic to the apocalyptic and back again, and the intricate linework and oft-mind-blowing layouts are incomparable. For a reader who's white-knuckling it through our present period of social collapse, Berlin is a beacon of both warning and hope." - Vulture

"One of the most ambitious, important and fully-realized works of graphic literature yet created, a real masterpiece of both story and art." - Forbes
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About the Author

Jason Lutes was born in New Jersey in 1967 and grew up reading American superhero and Western comics. In the late 1970s he discovered Heavy Metal magazine and the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, both of which proved major influences on his creative development. Lutes graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in illustration, and in 1993 he began drawing a weekly comics page called Jar of Foolsfor Seattle’s The Stranger. Lutes lives in Vermont with his partner and two children, where he teaches comics at the Center for Cartoon Studies.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Drawn & Quarterly
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ Sept. 1 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 580 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1770464069
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1770464063
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 1.01 kg
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 16 years and up
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.56 x 4.19 x 24.84 cm
  • Part of Series ‏ : ‎ Berlin
  • 鶹 Rank: #66,061 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 out of 5 stars 529 ratings

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  • Serge Doyon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Delivered
    Reviewed in Canada on January 26, 2019
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    As expected.
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  • Robert Tucker
    5.0 out of 5 stars Heavy
    Reviewed in Canada on January 16, 2023
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    I am absolutely fascinated by the history of this time period, and specifically Berlin. I have never really read a graphic 'novel' before, so this came as an enlightening experience in its own right. The story is fascinating and well written/drawn.
    If I have any complaint, it's that the novel is a heavy tome; but that's my problem.
    I would recommend this book for its well researched and drawn enterprise.
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  • 鶹 Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars The best graphic novel on this subject since Art Spiegalman's "Maus"
    Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2025
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    This graphic novel was some twenty plus years in the making. The result is a captivating story of an ensemble of characters living out their lives in a rapidly changing Germany during the Weimar years. The main charecters are a young woman artist who decides to leave her small town and family to seek fame and fortunes an artist in Berlin. There she meets fellow art student and middle aged journalist. She develops a romantic relationship with both. This amidst a backdrop of the cabarets, wild parties and the rise of both Communism and Fascism all coming to a cataclysmic upheaval in German society forever changing Germany and the world. I saw an excellent play adapted from the novel recently.

    The book itself fell apart at the binding and I only had it for a week. I suppose ai could glue it back together myself but as I'm thorough reading it, why bother. It should have lasted much longer though.
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  • 鶹 Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five star
    Reviewed in India on March 16, 2023
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    I already read this graphic novel in it's digital format. It took me a long time to finished reading it on a laptop screen. Now, that thankfully I'm earning decently, I decided to get myself a real hard copy. Hope to rekindle my memory again of the multi layered narratives from this book. Thank you.
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  • Cecilia
    5.0 out of 5 stars Bellissimo Libro
    Reviewed in Italy on March 13, 2019
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    E' un bellissimo libro per chi ama Berlino e la sua storia.
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  • 鶹Ciente
    5.0 out of 5 stars Novela Gráfica de alta arte
    Reviewed in Mexico on August 16, 2019
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    Es una gran historia que tardó 20 años o más en hacerse, en una versión íntegra. Novela gráfica muy fina.
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  • Christine
    5.0 out of 5 stars Berlin
    Reviewed in Germany on February 5, 2022
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    Das Buch kam schnell und in gutem Zustand an, danke schön! Wir sind noch nicht sehr weit im Lesen, aber es sieht interessant aus und gut gezeichnet.
    Es war ein Weihnachtsgeschenk für meinen Mann, den er sich gewünscht hat, obwohl manche Rezensenten gesagt haben, dieser grafische Roman sei nicht immer gut gezeichnet.
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