More Lives than One: A Biography of Hans Fallada

ISBN-13: 9780241952672 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 384 str.

Jenny Williams

Opis

Hans Fallada was a drug addict, womanizer, alcoholic, jailbird and thief. This title tells the story of Hans Fallada, whose real name was Rudolf Ditzen. It chronicles his turbulent life as a writer, husband and father, shadowed by mental torment and long periods in psychiatric care.

Recenzje

A major contribution to our understanding of literature and politics in the tumult of interwar Germany Harold James

O autorze

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 Her biography is based on published and unpublished sources, including family letters and interviews.