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The Drinker by Hans Fallada

Written in an encrypted notebook while incarcerated in a Nazi insane asylum and discovered after his death, The Drinker may be Hans Fallada's most breathtaking piece of craftsmanship. It is an intense yet absorbing study of the descent into drunkenness by an intelligent man who fears he's lost it all.

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Rudolf Ditzen's pen name was Hans Fallada (1893-1947), and his writings were international blockbusters on par with those of his countrymen Thomas Mann and Hermann Hesse. When the Nazis came to power, he chose to remain in Germany, and when he was pressured to publish anti-Semitic works, he had a nervous breakdown. He was committed to a Nazi mental institution, where he composed The Drinker in secret. He wrote his final two novels, The Nightmare and Alone in Berlin, right after the war, but died before they could be published.

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ISBN 13 9781933633657
ISBN 10 1933633654
Title The Drinker
Author Hans Fallada
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Melville House Publishing
Year published 2009-03-03
Number of pages 320
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.