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Lilly and Her Slave
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ISBN-13:
9781914484148
Veröffentl:
2022
Erscheinungsdatum:
14.07.2022
Seiten:
256
Autor:
Hans Fallada
Gewicht:
204 g
Format:
196x128x18 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Hans Fallada (1893-1947) was the pen name of German author Rudolf Ditzen, whose books were international bestsellers on a par with those of his countrymen Thomas Mann and Hermann Hesse. He opted to stay in Germany when the Nazis came to power, and eventually had a nervous breakdown when he was put under pressure to write anti-Semitic books. He was cast into a Nazi insane asylum, where he secretly wrote The Drinker. Immediately after the war he wrote his last two novels, Nightmare in Berlin and Alone in Berlin, but he died before either book could be published.
In 1925, Hans Fallada handed himself in to the police; desperate to escape his inner demons, he sought a prison cell. Along with court documents from the time, this short story collection has been discovered. His stories tackle hitherto taboo topics and explore the lives of women and male outsiders. They reveal Fallada's immense gift as a writer.
Previously unpublished stories by the bestselling author of Alone in Berlin. In September 1925, Hans Fallada handed himself in to the police. Not yet a bestselling author, Fallada had repeatedly embezzled funds to finance his alcohol and morphine addictions. Desperate to escape his demons, he sought a prison cell. Now court documents from Fallada's imprisonment have recently been uncovered, and with them a never-before-seen collection of short stories. Through complex characters at odds with society, Fallada explored the lived the lives of women and male outsiders. These stories reveal to a new generation of readers Fallada's immense gifts and his intense inner battles.