{"product_id":"nightmare-in-berlin-paperback","title":"Nightmare in Berlin - 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\u003eAllan Blunden\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable for the first time in English, here is an unforgettable novel about the desolation of Hitler's post-war Germany.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLate April, 1945. The war is over, yet Dr Doll, a loner and \"moderate pessimist\", lives in constant fear. By night, he is haunted by nightmarish images of the bombsite in which he is trapped--he, and the rest of Germany. More than anything, he wishes to vanquish the demon of collective guilt, but he is unable to right any wrongs, especially in his position as mayor of a small town in north-east Germany that has been occupied by the Red Army.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDr Doll flees for Berlin, where he finds escape in a morphine addiction: each dose is a \"small death\". He tries to make his way in the chaos of a city torn apart by war, accompanied by his young wife, who shares his addiction. Fighting to save two lives, he tentatively begins to believe in a better future.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eNightmare in Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e captures the demoralized and desperate atmosphere of post-war Germany in a way that has never been matched or surpassed.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHans Fallada: Hans Fallada (1893-1947) was the pen name of German author Rudolf Ditzen, whose books were international bestsellers on a par with those of his countrymen Thomas Mann and Hermann Hesse. He opted to stay in Germany when the Nazis came to power, and eventually had a nervous breakdown when he was put under pressure to write anti-Semitic books. He was cast into a Nazi insane asylum, where he secretly wrote The Drinker. Immediately after the war he wrote his last two novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Nightmare\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAlone in Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e, but he died before either book could be published.\u003cbr\u003eAllan Blunden: Dr Allan Blunden is a British translator who specialises in German literature. He is best known for his translation of Erhard Eppler's \u003ci\u003eThe Return of the State?\u003c\/i\u003e which won the Schlegel-Tieck Prize. He has also translated biographies of Heidegger and Stefan Zweig, and the prison diary of Hans Fallada. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8.25 x 5.88 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47248420241657,"sku":"9781925321197","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/aW52RlN1cm1GNVE0Mm40bGtseWVOUT09.webp?v=1768635010","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/nightmare-in-berlin-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}