Hans Fallada was a drug addict, womanizer, alcoholic, jailbird and thief. Yet he was also one of the most extraordinary storytellers of the twentieth century, whose novels, including Alone in Berlin, portrayed ordinary people in terrible times with a powerful humanity. This acclaimed biography, newly revised and completely updated, tells the remarkable story of Hans Fallada, whose real name was Rudolf Ditzen. Jenny Williams chronicles his turbulent life as a writer, husband and father, shadowed by mental torment and long periods in psychiatric care. She shows how Ditzen's decision to remain in Nazi Germany in 1939 led to his self-destruction, but also made him a unique witness to his country's turmoil. More Lives Than One unpicks the contradictory, flawed and fascinating life of a writer who saw the worst of humanity, yet maintained his belief in the decency of the 'little man'.
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Jenny Williams is Senior Lecturer in German at Dublin City University. She has worked on Fallada's life and writings for many years. Her biography is based on published and unpublished sources, including family letters and interviews.
Titel
More Lives than One: A Biography of Hans Fallada
Autor
EAN
9780241952689
ISBN
978-0-241-95268-9
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
02.02.2012
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
27.41 MB
Anzahl Seiten
384
Jahr
2012
Untertitel
Englisch
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