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Alone in Berlin
by Hans Fallada
challenging
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
đź“– Alone In Berlin
✏️ Hans Fallada
đź“ŤBerlin, 1940-1943
đź‘Ą Otto & Anna Quangel
đź“Ž Historical Fiction
“Conviviality, booze, cheerful relaxation after the heavy effort of torturing and putting to death their fellow men.”
Based on a true story from wartime Berlin, Otto and Anna Quangel discover their only son has been killed in action, setting in motion their own campaign of resistance against Nazi rule.
This book is a tough read. It’s long, sprawling and graphic in its content. But it was a graphic time and Hans Fallada doesn’t shy away from that. I felt outrage and hopelessness reading it - and that was safe in the knowledge that this regime fell a couple of years later. The people living through this didn’t have that luxury.
✏️ Hans Fallada
đź“ŤBerlin, 1940-1943
đź‘Ą Otto & Anna Quangel
đź“Ž Historical Fiction
“Conviviality, booze, cheerful relaxation after the heavy effort of torturing and putting to death their fellow men.”
Based on a true story from wartime Berlin, Otto and Anna Quangel discover their only son has been killed in action, setting in motion their own campaign of resistance against Nazi rule.
This book is a tough read. It’s long, sprawling and graphic in its content. But it was a graphic time and Hans Fallada doesn’t shy away from that. I felt outrage and hopelessness reading it - and that was safe in the knowledge that this regime fell a couple of years later. The people living through this didn’t have that luxury.