In this article, the author tries to re-construct, through the novels of Theodor Fontane (1819-1899)FONTANE, Theodor. (1979) Frau Jenny Treibel. Hamburg, DLV., Alfred Döblin (1878-1957)DÖBLIN, Alfred. (1993) Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929). 32ª edição. Hamburg, DTV., and Irina Liebmann (1943)LIEBMANN, Irina. (1994) In Berlin. Köln, Kiepenheuer und Witsch. the city landscape during three decisive periods of Berlin's history: (I) the years of the "Founders" (Gründerjahre), since 1870; (II) the years of the Weimar Republic, between the two World Wars, and, finally, (III) the twenty-eight years of the existence of the Berlin Wall. Cant these literary images of the past help us to forecast the shape of Berlin "after the Fall"?
Imagery; real frontiers; imaginary frontiers; Berlin; Berlin wall