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Every Man Dies Alone
Every Man Dies Alone
Author: Hans Fallada
"The greatest book ever written about German resistance to the Nazis."-Primo LeviThis 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 on...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781933633633
ISBN-10: 1933633638
Publication Date: 1/1/2009
Pages: 450
Rating:
  • Currently 4.4/5 Stars.
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4.4 stars, based on 7 ratings
Publisher: Melville House
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 14
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Helpful Score: 4
Every Man Dies Alone is a thoughtful meditation on the age-old if a tree falls in the forest question during wartime Nazi Germany. Rudolph Ditzen, writing as Hans Fallada, chose to retreat as an internal immigrant rather than flee Germany when the Nazis rose to power. Wrestling with maintaining artistic integrity throughout their rule, he wrote this story in three months when given a Gestapo file soon after the end of the war.

The fictionalized working-class couple Otto and Anna Quangel began a defiant postcard writing-and-distributing campaign to wake others up to the horror of their government upon learning of their only sons death in the invasion of France. Other characters, not necessarily typical German citizens, round out this suspenseful cat-and-mouse game as the authorities are desperate to nab the troublemaker. Fallada manages to combine captivating story-telling with making a strong statement about the moral importance of resistance, even if futile, in this poignant story. It is a story about fear as a crippling, inertial force, but one that can be overcome with strength, faith in another person, and courage.
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This is a very compelling book about Germany during WWII.
Since it was writen by a German author immediately following the war, the story rings so true. The book is a based on a true story of one couple's attempt to resist the Nazi's in their own small way.
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A compelling book - a remarkable saga of Nazi inhumanity.
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