Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada

Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year

To read Every Man Dies Alone, 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 in your ear: 'This is how it was. This is what happened.'
--The New York Times Book Review

I very much enjoyed the rediscovery of Hans Fallada . a wonderful novel. Compelling.
--Ian McEwan

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 resistance campaign that soon has an enraged Gestapo on their trail, and a world of terrified neighbors and cynical snitches ready to turn them in.

In the end, it's more than an edge-of-your-seat thriller, more than a moving romance, even more than literature of the highest order--it's a deeply stirring story of two people standing up for what's right, and for each other.

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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	9781935554042
ISBN 10	1935554042
Title	Every Man Dies Alone
Author	Hans Fallada
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Melville House Publishing
Year published	2010-03-30
Number of pages	544
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.