num_pages: 240
description: First published to acclaim in Germany, The Wall chronicles the life of the last surviving human on earth, an ordinary middle-aged woman who awakens one morning to find that everyone else has vanished. Assuming her isolation to be the result of a military experiment gone awry, she begins the terrifying work of survival and self-renewal. This novel is at once a simple and moving tale and a disturbing meditation on humanity.
language: English
title: The Wall
titlecomplete: The Wall
characters: Hugo, "Cat", Bella, an unnamed woman, Tiger, Man, Lynx, Pearl
genres: Fiction, Classics, Science Fiction, Dystopia, German Literature, Post Apocalyptic, Survival, Germany, Roman, Novels
ratings_count: 14855
places: Austria, Alps
publisher: Cleis Press