Wolf among wolves
By: Hans Fallada ; translated by Philip Owens ; this unabridged edition restored with additional translations by Thorsten Carstensen and Nicholas Jacobs ; afterword by Thorsten Carstensen.
Contributors: Owens, Philip.
Publisher: Melville House
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Brooklyn, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 803
ISBN-13: 9781933633923
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Germany -- Fiction; Germany -- History -- 1918-1933 -- Fiction; Germany -- Social conditions -- 1918-1933 -- Fiction; Germany -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945 -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Work titles: Wolf unter Wölfen.
Description: A sprawling saga of the collapse of a culture, its economy and government and the common man's struggle to survive it all. Set in Weimer Germany soon after their defeat in WWI, a young gambler looses it all in Berlin and flees the city for the countryside. However, he is greeted by a defeated German army that has camped there to foment insurrection. Somehow, amidst all the chaos, he finds romance. This fast-moving thriller is also a fascinating piece of history, written in lyrical prose that carries a powerful emotional punch.