Hans Fallada

Neuerscheinung Für die eBook-Ausgabe völlig neu überarbeitet und in aktualisierter Rechtschreibung Im Jahre 1929 kommt es in Schleswig-Holstein zu einem Aufstand der Bauernschaft gegen die Regierungsmacht. Hintergrund sind die zunehmend schlechte wirtschaftliche Situation als Folge von Missernten und veralteter Maschinenausstattung. Obwohl die Ursachen zum Teil selbst verschuldet sind, macht das Landvolk die damals sozialdemokratische Regierung...

If Fridolin the badger hadn't been driven out of his cosy cave in the Huller bush forest by the fox Isolein, he would have been able to continue to cultivate his best qualities in peace and quiet, and eventually become the most lazy, grouchy and reclusive specimen of his species. But now he has to find a new cave. He makes some strange acquaintances, also with bipeds that grow delicious corn on their fields. Hans Fallada wrote this story for his daughter...

It was the turning point before he became a bestselling author: Hans Fallada handed himself in to the police in September 1925, following repeated cases of embezzlement to finance his alcohol and morphine addiction. At the time, a court-appointed doctor was assigned to assess the extent to which Fallada could be made accountable. This expert opinion, thought to have been lost, was only recently rediscovered. It is an extraordinary find, because it...

"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...

Late April, 1945. The war is over, yet Dr Doll, a loner and 'moderate pessimist', lives in constant fear. By night, he is haunted by nightmarish images of the bombsite in which he is trapped -- he, and the rest of Germany. More than anything, he wishes to vanquish the demon of collective guilt, but he is unable to right any wrongs, especially in his position as mayor of a small town in north-east Germany that has been occupied by the Red Army. Dr...

How did an ordinary, middle-aged couple become a symbol of defiance against Nazi brutality? This tale of courage unfolds against the tumultuous backdrop of Berlin in 1940. Otto and Anna Quangel are a working class husband and wife doing their best to ride out the war. Their son is killed fighting on the frontlines. They begin pouring their rage and grief into postcards emblazoned with anti-Nazi slogans, risking everything to disseminate their messages...