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More Lives Than One: a Biography of Hans Fallada
Jenny Williams
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Description for More Lives Than One: a Biography of Hans Fallada
Paperback. Hans Fallada was a drug addict, womanizer, alcoholic, jailbird and thief. This title tells the story of Hans Fallada, whose real name was Rudolf Ditzen. It chronicles his turbulent life as a writer, husband and father, shadowed by mental torment and long periods in psychiatric care. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 308.
Hans Fallada was a drug addict, womanizer, alcoholic, jailbird and thief. Yet he was also one of the most extraordinary storytellers of the twentieth century, whose novels, including Alone in Berlin, portrayed ordinary people in terrible times with a powerful humanity.
This acclaimed biography, newly revised and completely updated, tells the remarkable story of Hans Fallada, whose real name was Rudolf Ditzen. Jenny Williams chronicles his turbulent life as a writer, husband and father, shadowed by mental torment and long periods in psychiatric care. She shows how Ditzen's decision to remain in Nazi Germany in 1939 led to his ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Press/Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241952672
SKU
V9780241952672
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About Jenny Williams
Jenny Williams is Senior Lecturer in German at Dublin City University. She has worked on Fallada's life and writings for many years. Her biography is based on published and unpublished sources, including family letters and interviews.
Reviews for More Lives Than One: a Biography of Hans Fallada
A major contribution to our understanding of literature and politics in the tumult of interwar Germany
Harold James A masterpiece of biography
Choice (USA)
Informative and engaging
The Times Literary Supplement
Williams's life is astute, rigorously researched and engrossing
John Dugdale
Guardian
Williams's reading of Fallada's work is superb, her engagement with ... Read more
Harold James A masterpiece of biography
Choice (USA)
Informative and engaging
The Times Literary Supplement
Williams's life is astute, rigorously researched and engrossing
John Dugdale
Guardian
Williams's reading of Fallada's work is superb, her engagement with ... Read more