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Every man dies alone / Hans Fallada ; translated by Michael Hofmann ; afterword by Geoff Wilkes.

Fallada, Hans, 1893-1947 (Author). Hofmann, Michael, 1957- (Added Author). Wilkes, Geoff. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781935554042
ISBN: 1935554042
Physical Description: 539 pages ; 21 cm
Publisher: Brooklyn, N.Y. : Melville House Pub., 2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:

First Melville House paperback printed: February 2010.

First published in German as Jeder stirbt f©ơr sich allein. Berlin : Aufbau, 1947.

"Based on a true story, this sweeping saga tells the tale of a working class couple in Berlin who decide to take a stand against the Nazis. 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 moving story of two people who stand up for what's right, and for each other. Hans Fallada wrote Every Man Dies Alone in a feverish twenty-four days, soon after the end of World War II and his release from a Nazi insane asylum. He did not live to see his its publication."--p. 4 of cover.

"This volume includes: An afterword telling the shocking story of Hans Fallada's life ; Excerpts from the original Gestapo files the story is based upon ; A readers' guide for book clubs."--p. 4 of cover.

Formatted Contents Note:

The Quangels -- The Gestapo -- Things begin to go against the Quangels -- The end.