On inspiring cities (1928)

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Alfred Döblin, author of Berlin Alexanderplatz, admitted in 1928: "I can write everywhere: at home, on the street, in the restaurant - but really only in Berlin. Without the city I feel distracted."

I'd have to change "in Berlin" to "about Shanghai."



Christmas display of books in Kelly & Walsh bookstore in 1929; the building was on Nanking Road, close to the Sassoon House.