**THE ACCLAIMED INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'One of the most extraordinary and compelling novels written about World War II. Ever' Alan FurstInspired by a true story, Hans Fallada's Alone in Berlin is a gripping wartime thriller following one ordinary man's determination to defy the tyranny of Nazi rule**Berlin, 1940, and the city is filled with fear. At the house on 55 Jablonski Strasse, its various occupants try to live under Nazi rule in their different ways...

Van Hans Falladas meesterwerk Alleen in Berlijn is in de kelder van de oorspronkelijke uitgever een versie gevonden die op het gebied van vloeken en seks minder kuis is. Bovendien bleken in hoofdstuk zeventien enkele pagina's over Anna Quangels nazi-verleden te zijn gesneuveld in de editie die inmiddels wereldwijd is vertaald. De toenmalige uitgeverij Aufbau had in 1947 ten doel de democratische opvoeding van het Duitse volk onder Russisch toezicht te ondersteunen. Blijkbaar moest de roman...

Hans Fallada's "Every Man Dies Alone" is a poignant exploration of individual resistance in the face of immense totalitarian oppression, set against the backdrop of Nazi Germany. Through a compelling narrative style that combines stark realism and psychological depth, Fallada chronicles the story of Otto and Elise Hampel, a couple who undertake a quiet yet courageous act of defiance by distributing anti-Nazi postcards. The novel's fragmented structure and nuanced character development refl...

This never-before-translated masterpiece—by a heroic best-selling writer who saw his life crumble when he wouldn’t join the Nazi Party—is based on a true story.It presents a richly detailed portrait of life in Berlin under the Nazis and tells the sweeping saga of one working-class couple who decides to take a stand when their only son is killed at the front. With nothing but their grief and each other against the awesome power of the Reich, they launch a simple, clandestine resista...

Available for the first time in English, here is an unforgettable portrayal by a master novelist of the physical and psychological devastation wrought in the homeland by Hitler’s war.Late April, 1945. The war is over, yet Dr Doll, a loner and ‘moderate pessimist’, lives in constant fear. By night, he is haunted by nightmarish images of the bombsite in which he is trapped — he, and the rest of Germany. More than anything, he wishes to vanquish the demon of collectiv...

Niemand heeft het Duitsland van voor en tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog zo filmisch, aangrijpend en genuanceerd afgeschilderd als Hans Fallada. En niemand wist zich keer op keer zo door het schrijven uit de diepste vertwijfeling en alcohol- en morfineverslaving te redden als hij. Wat voor mens ging er schuil achter zijn pseudoniem? En wat verzweeg deze auteur, die beweerde: 'Alles in mijn leven komt terecht in een boek'? Fallada maakte een onstuimige puberteit door, schoot zijn beste vriend...

The return of a “superb” forgotten masterpiece about a young couple living in Weimar Germany during the Nazi’s rise to power (Graham Greene)Written just before the Nazis came to power, this darkly enchanting novel tells the simple story of a young couple trying to eke out a devent life amidst an economic crisis that’s transforming their country into a place of anger and despair. It was an international bestseller upon its release, and made into a Hollywood movie—by...

Falladas Werk ist mit seinem nüchternen, dialoglastigen Erzählstil charakteristisch für die Epoche der Neuen Sachlichkeit.Wolfgang Pagel, Sohn einer wohlhabenden Familie, hat sich mit seiner verwitweten Mutter überworfen und lebt vom Glücksspiel. In der Nacht vor seiner Hochzeit verspielt er sein letztes Geld. Er flieht nach Berlin und lässt seine Verlobte auf der Straße zurück, allein und mittellos.Um wieder auf die Beine zu kommen, lässt sich Pagel von einem Exkameraden a...

“I lived the same life as everyone else, the life of ordinary people, the masses.” Sitting in a prison cell in the autumn of 1944, the German author Hans Fallada sums up his life under the National Socialist dictatorship, the time of “inward emigration”. Under conditions of close confinement, in constant fear of discovery, he writes himself free from the nightmare of the Nazi years. He records his thoughts about spying and denunciation, about the threat to his livelihood and his literary w...

Hans Fallada (21. Juli 1893–5. Februar 1947), eigentlich Rudolf Wilhelm Friedrich Ditzen, war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Sein nüchterner, objektiver Stil, in dem er seine fiktionalen Berichte über meist scheiternde Gestalten verfasste, macht ihn zu einem der wichtigsten Vertreter der "Neuen Sachlichkeit".Zu seinen wichtigsten Werken zählen: "Jeder stirbt für sich allein", "Der Trinker", "Wer einmal aus dem Blechnapf frisst", "Ein Mann will nach oben", "Kleiner Mann – was nun?" u...

One of the great German writers of the 20th century draws from his own life to present a “brave, fearless, and honest” tale of one man’s dark descent into depression and alcoholism (The Sunday Times, London)This astonishing, autobiographical tour de force was written by Hans Fallada in an encrypted notebook while he was incarcerated in a Nazi insane asylum. Discovered after his death, it tells the tale—often fierce, often poignant, often extremely funny—of...

Available for the first time in English, here is an unforgettable novel about the desolation of Hitler’s postwar Germany.The war is over, yet Dr. Doll, a loner and “moderate pessimist,” lives in constant fear. By night, he is still haunted by nightmarish images of the bombsite in which he is trapped—he, and the rest of Germany. More than anything, he wishes to vanquish the demon of collective guilt, but he is unable to right any wrongs, especially in his position as mayor of a smal...