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Alone in Berlin (2010, Penguin Books)

Lingvo: English

Eldonita je 10-a de julio 2010 de Penguin Books.

ISBN:
978-0-14-118938-3
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Numero OCLC:
263296084

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Every Man Dies Alone or Alone in Berlin (German: Jeder stirbt für sich allein) is a 1947 novel by German author Hans Fallada. It is based on the true story of a working-class husband and wife Otto and Elise Hampel who, acting alone, became part of the German Resistance. Fallada's book was one of the first anti-Nazi novels to be published by a German after World War II.

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recenzis Alone in Berlin de Hans Fallada

Started off strong, slow-paced after the halfway mark

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The first half of the book is very well-written (or shall I say, well translated). It does an excellent job of setting up an environment of fear and distrust in 1940s Berlin. I also liked that it does not focus solely on the protagonists - Otto and Anna Quangel. There's also the postwoman Eva, her husband and neighbour, Borkhausen, the Persnickes, Quangel's son's girlfriend, Frau Rosenthal and Judge Fromm, etc. The fact that it is based on a real event, makes the book all the more poignant to read. However, once the Quangels have dropped their first anti-Hitler postcards and the police have gotten involved, the writing got somewhat slow paced and drab. That being said, I would still highly recommend this book.