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Alone in Berlin
Hans Fallada
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Description for Alone in Berlin
Paperback. 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: the bullying Hitler loyalists the Persickes, the retired judge Fromm and the unassuming couple Otto and Anna Quangel. Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 416 608pp
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'One of the most extraordinary and compelling novels written about World War II. Ever' Alan Furst
Inspired 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: the bullying Hitler loyalists the Persickes, the retired judge Fromm and the unassuming couple Otto and Anna Quangel. Then ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141189383
SKU
9780141189383
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Ref
99-3
About Hans Fallada
Hans Fallada was one of the best-known German writers of the twentieth century. Born in 1893 in Greifswald as Rudolf Wilhelm Adolf Ditzen, he took his pen name from a Brothers Grimm fairy tale. His most famous works include the novels Little Man, What Now? and The Drinker. Fallada died from an overdose of morphine on 5 February 1947 in ... Read more
Reviews for Alone in Berlin
One of the most extraordinary and compelling novels written about World War II. Ever.
Alan Furst Terrific ... a fast-moving, important and astutely deadpan thriller.
Irish Times
A classic study of a paranoid society. Fallada's scope is extraordinary. Alone in Berlin is ... as morally powerful as anything I've ever read.
Charlotte Moore
Telegraph
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Alan Furst Terrific ... a fast-moving, important and astutely deadpan thriller.
Irish Times
A classic study of a paranoid society. Fallada's scope is extraordinary. Alone in Berlin is ... as morally powerful as anything I've ever read.
Charlotte Moore
Telegraph
... Read more