{"product_id":"nightmare-in-berlin","title":"Nightmare in Berlin","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Hans Fallada\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Allan Blunden\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Fallada describes Berlin as an almost post-apocalyptic city dominated by death, drugs, apathy, and the almost blackly comic pettiness of the human survival instinct. This translation of this compelling novel enables a new audience to experience Fallada’s fascinating and conflicted perspective.”—\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“In this splendid novel, Fallada portrays the despondency and apathy of the German people in this strange period. The last months of the war are described with masterly skill, as well as the subsequent capitulation, the arrival of the Russian troops, the way in which the middle class, the “bourgeoisie” must adapt to this new environment, and the moral decline of the population.”—\u003cem\u003eZwiebelfisch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“\u003cem\u003eNightmare in Berlin\u003c\/em\u003e is the symbol for everything that happened after the end of the war.”—\u003cem\u003eDer Tagesspiegel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNightmare in Berlin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ecaptures the demoralized and desperate atmosphere of post-war Germany in a way that has never been matched or surpassed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003eScribe US, 2017\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1947\u003cbr\u003e6 x 1 x 8.2 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781925321197\u003cbr\u003eHistorical Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":7620225237022,"sku":"9781925321197","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/products\/Nightmare-in-Berlin_Hans-Fallada.jpg?v=1590770602","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/nightmare-in-berlin","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}