Nightingales in Berlin: Searching for the Perfect Sound Mandelbaum Verlag die wir immer weiter verdrängen

die wir immer weiter verdrängen und die schon bald nur noch ein blasses Abbild ihrer einstigen Größe sein könnte

and shares other factually verifiable discoveries that seem too fabulous to possibly be true

which pulls the reader into “a vortex for the entire universe” (Boston Review)

published in print for the first time

Nightingales in Berlin: Searching for the Perfect Sound Mandelbaum Verlag die wir immer weiter verdrängenA celebrated figure in myth, song, and story, the nightingale has captivated the imagination for millennia, its complex song evoking a prism of human emotions,from melancholy to joy, from the fear of death to the immortality of art. But have you ever listened closely to a nightingales song? Its a strange and unsettling sort of compositionan eclectic assortment of chirps, whirs, trills, clicks, whistles, twitters, and gurgles. At times it is