![]() But "the capital of modern age anno 1913" is Vienna, and its "star players" the likes of Freud, Schnitzler, Schiele, Klimt, Loos, Wittgenstein and Kokoschka: "Here the battles raged: about the unconscious, about dreams, the new music, the new way of seeing, the new architecture, the new logic, the new morality." Illies imagines Stalin and Hitler tipping their hats in polite greeting as they stroll through the same city park in January, Tito's in town, too: but at this stage in the play of history they're just "three extras, or non-speaking parts". ![]() In New York, the first edition of Vanity Fair is published, and in Essen, the first Aldi supermarket opens its doors. Click here for step-by-step instructions. To read on a Kindle or Kindle app, please add as an approved email address to receive files in your Amazon account. Send NetGalley books directly to your Kindle or Kindle app Cancel 1. ![]() ![]() It's the year that Charlie Chaplin signs his first movie contract and Louis Armstrong picks up a trumpet. You must sign in to see if this title is available for request. His snapshot approach to the year, recorded month by month, is the most original historical account I've come across. ![]() A lready an international bestseller, German author Florian Illies's 1913: The Year Before the Storm is an absolute gem of a book. ![]()
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