Books
by Hans Fallada
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Alone in Berlin |
A deeply disturbing and chilling book, taking place in Berlin during WW2, it tells the stories of ordinary, working city dwellers living under the Nazi regime. Neighbours suspicious of each other and strangers, lives turned upside down. One couple, originally Nazi sympathisers, become totally disillusioned after their soldier son is killed, and decide to 'quietly rebel' inevitably leading to their own demise. The 'Afterword' reveals what led Hans Fallada to write this extraordinary novel.
(Mary Standing - bwl 70 Autumn 2013) |
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