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Book SynopsisPreviously unpublished stories by the bestselling author of Alone in Berlin.
In September 1925, Hans Fallada handed himself in to the police. Not yet a bestselling author, Fallada had repeatedly embezzled funds to finance his alcohol and morphine addictions. Desperate to escape his demons, he sought a prison cell.
Now court documents from Fallada’s imprisonment have recently been uncovered, and with them a never-before-seen collection of short stories. Through complex characters at odds with society, Fallada explored the lived the lives of women and male outsiders.
These stories reveal to a new generation of readers Fallada’s immense gifts and his intense inner battles.
Trade Review‘Fallada is extraordinary … These stories of love and hate, sadism and masochism, are compelling in isolation. But what makes them remarkable is that they prefigure his final works.’
-- Geordie Williamson * The Saturday Paper *
‘Psychologically acute.’ * i newspaper *
‘A precious treat for Fallada fans: Lilly and her Slave tells a MeToo story from 1920s Berlin.’
-- Marc Reichwein * Literarische Welt *
‘These tales from the estate of Hans Fallada are a gem for fans, as are the circumstances of their discovery.’
* Welt am Sonntag *
