{"product_id":"every-man-dies-alone-paperback","title":"Every Man Dies Alone - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHans Fallada\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Hofmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The greatest book ever written about the German resistance to the Nazis.\" -- Primo Levi \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis unflinching masterpiece based on a true story of resistance is more timely than ever, as fascist forces in the 20th century find their home in the rhetoric of the modern right wing political agenda. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Entering its 15th year of English translation, the brilliant Hans Fallada's account of what \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e called \"a visceral, chilling portrait of ... everyday German life during the war\" follows a working-class couple in Berlin and grieving the loss of their son, launch a campaign to oppose the Nazi regime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on a true story from the files of the Gestapo, this sweeping saga of resistance is more relevant than ever in modern times, with the rise of right wing rhetoric echoed in global politics, and seen in increased book bannings and the reversal of womens' and LGBTQ+ rights in the US. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 -- even against impossible odds.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore WWII, German writer Hans Fallada's novels were international bestsellers, on a par with those of his countrymen Thomas Mann and Herman Hesse. In America, Hollywood even turned his first big novel, \u003ci\u003eLittle Man, What Now? \u003c\/i\u003einto a major motion picture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLearning the movie was made by a Jewish producer, however, Hitler decreed Fallada's work could no longer be sold outside Germany, and the rising Nazis began to pay him closer attention. When he refused to join the Nazi party he was arrested by the Gestapo--who eventually released him, but thereafter regularly summoned him for \"discussions\" of his work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHowever, unlike Mann, Hesse, and others, Fallada refused to flee to safety, even when his British publisher, George Putnam, sent a private boat to rescue him. The pressure took its toll on Fallada, and he resorted increasingly to drugs and alcohol for relief. After Goebbels ordered him to write an anti-Semitic novel, he snapped and found himself imprisoned in an asylum for the \"criminally insane\"--considered a death sentence under Nazi rule. To forestall the inevitable, he pretended to write the assignment for Goebbels, while actually composing\u003cbr\u003ethree encrypted books--including his tour de force novel \u003ci\u003eThe Drinker\u003c\/i\u003e--in such dense code that they were not deciphered until long after his death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFallada outlasted the Reich and was freed at war's end. But he was a shattered man. To help him recover by putting him to work, Fallada's publisher gave him the Gestapo file of a simple, working-class couple who had resisted the Nazis. Inspired, Fallada completed \u003ci\u003eEvery Man Dies Alone \u003c\/i\u003ein just twenty-four days. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe died in February 1947, just weeks before the book's publication.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 24, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44513413922918,"sku":"9781685891442","price":30.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/hLO9eM5rHP9781685891442.webp?v=1770710006","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/every-man-dies-alone-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}