These Dreams of You

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She writes to him, I’ve spent most of the past month familiarizing myself with a city that’s desperate and alive, and finally yesterday located a residence that I hope both you and Jim find adequate. It’s above a motor vehicle repair shop, very basic but comfortable enough, six or seven rooms with sky-blue walls and doors that open onto a small balcony overlooking a side alley. The floors are tile from before the War and there are carved high ceilings and a yard in front enclosed by an old iron gate. It’s in the Schöneberg district on the Hauptstrasse, a short ride on the U-Bahn from Hansa Tonstudio 2, and mostly the people are working-class Turks which means. . Turkish coffee! Christopher Isherwood lived in Schöneberg as well as Einstein, Marlene Dietrich, Billy Wilder, Klaus Kinski (cracked German actor I’ve not heard of but you probably have) and now someday someone shall write a letter to someone saying you lived here as well.