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Hans Fallada - Alone in Berlin (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
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.
Inspired by a true story, Hans Fallada's Alone in Berlin is the gripping tale of an ordinary man's determination to defy the tyranny of Nazi rule. This Penguin Classics edition contains an afterword by Geoff Wilkes, as well as facsimiles of the original Gestapo file which inspired the novel.
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 the Quangels receive the news that their beloved son has been killed fighting in France. Shocked out of their quiet existence, they begin a silent campaign of defiance, and a deadly game of cat and mouse develops between the Quangels and the ambitious Gestapo inspector Escherich.
When petty criminals Kluge and Borkhausen also become involved, deception, betrayal and murder ensue, tightening the noose around the Quangels' necks . . .
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- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Very Good
- Category : Fiction - Modern Classics
- Published : 2009 (Penguin Classics)
- ISBN : 9780141189383
- SKU : B002957
- PPC : SP400gm
- RRP : £9.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
'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.
'An unrivalled and vivid portrait of life in wartime Berlin' - Philip Kerr.
'To read Fallada's testament to the darkest years of the 20th Century is to be accompanied by a wise, somber ghost who grips your shoulder and whispers into your ear: This is how it was. This is what happened' - The New York Times.
The Author
Hans Fallada was a German writer of the first half of the 20th Century. Some of his better known novels include Little Man, What Now? and Every Man Dies Alone.