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An epic character study and a "classic" of German literature because of its complexity of characters and plot. This work, with its pared-down narrative structure and heavy reliance on conversation, is typical of the New Objectivity era. Many consider Hans Fallada's masterwork to be this epic tale of forbidden love in perilous times. In the midst of Germany's 1923 financial crisis, the novel depicts the riots and bandits roaming the countryside, a depiction of unrest that caused Fallada's publisher to fear Nazi retaliation and tell him, "If this book destroys us, then at least we'll be destroyed for something that's worth it." The book was published in 1937.
Biography:
Rudolf Ditzen, pseudonym Hans Fallada, was born in Greifswald in 1893, the son of a high-ranking judicial officer. He attended a humanistic grammar school but did not complete his education and worked as an agricultural apprentice. He worked as a field laborer, court inspector, and accountant from 1915 to 1925, and as an address clerk, advertisement collector, and publishing house employee from 1928 to 31. 'The Young Goedeschal' was his debut novel in 1920, and he has been a freelance writer since 1931. Fallada became recognized across the world with his extensively translated story 'Little Man - What now? (1932). During the Nazi period, he lived in solitude on his six-acre farm in Mecklenburg as a "undesirable author." He relocated to Berlin in 1945 and died there in 1947.
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