Every Man Dies Alone: A Novel
by By Hofmann, Michael (TRN), Fallada, Hans, and Wilkes, Geoff (AFT)
Category: Fiction , Literary

Now a Major Motion Picture - ALONE IN BERLINA New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year“To read Every Man Dies Alone,  Fallada’s   testament to the darkest years of the 20th century, is to be    accompanied by a wise,  somber ghost who grips your shoulder and    whispers in your ear: 'This is how it was.  This is what happened.'” —The New York Times Book Review  “I very much enjoyed the rediscovery of Hans Fallada ...  a wonderful novel. Compelling.” —Ian McEwanThis never-before-translated masterpiece—by a heroic best-selling writer who saw  his life crumble when he wouldn’t join the Nazi Party—is based on a true story.It presents a richly detailed portrait of life in Berlin under the Nazis and tells  the sweeping saga of one working-class couple who decides to take a stand when their  only son is killed at the front. With nothing but their grief and each other against  the awesome power of the Reich, they launch a simple, clandestine resistance campaign  that soon has an enraged Gestapo on their trail, and a world of terrified neighbors  and cynical snitches ready to turn them in.In the end, it’s more than an edge-of-your-seat  thriller, more than a moving romance, even more than literature of the highest order—it’s  a deeply stirring story of two people standing up for what’s right, and for each  other.***This is a Hybrid Book.Melville House HybridBooks combine print and digital media into an enhanced reading experience by including with each title additional curated material called Illuminations — maps, photographs, illustrations, and further writing about the author and the book. The Melville House Illuminations are free with the purchase of any title in the HybridBook series, no matter the format.