Wilkes, Geoff
Hans Fallada's Crisis Novels 1931-1947

The author of the study analyses five major novels published by Hans Fallada between 1931 and 1947, including bestsellers such as "Kleiner Mann - was nun?" and comparatively neglected works such as "Der Alpdruck". The author argues that Fallada’s key concept of individual values is much more ambivalent and more mutable than scholars have yet recognised, that it is particularly influenced by the upheavals of 1933 and 1945, and that it is radically redefined in Fallada’s "Jeder stirbt für sich allein". This book offers a close analysis not only of the crisis novels themselves, but also of Fallada’s short stories, essays and letters. 165 Seiten, broschiert (Australian and New Zealand Studies in German Language and Literature; Vol. 19/Peter Lang Verlag 2002) Mängelexemplar/near mint