Kleine Leute in grossen Geschichten

He was long underestimated as a writer of entertainment literature. Hans Fallada was a born storyteller who captured German reality realistically in his socially critical novels. "What stands out above all is the authenticity of the jargon," noted Kurt Tucholsky. "There is an authenticity that immediately transfers; you feel that people spoke like this and not otherwise." Under adverse circumstances, both personal and political, he created an epic universe that was understood by readers all over the world and yet remains distinctly his own. The Fallada Reader showcases the entirety of Fallada: the skillful novelist and storyteller, the inventive author of children's stories and fairy tales, the passionate essayist, and lover of literature. Well-known and lesser-known works—including texts that are being published again for the first time in decades—combine to form a multifaceted portrait of Hans Fallada.