Oef... Ik begon in Berlijn aan dit boek, dan kon ik me fijn inleven, dat doe ik graag.Dat ik daar een maand later nog in zou zitten had ik niet verwacht. Wat een beklemmend, je leeg slurpend, bijzonder boek.Beide kanten laat Fallada zien, maar wil ik dat wel?En waarom lees ik het? Terwijl ik weet...
This was a good read. It was an interesting insight into life under Nazi rule from a very personal place. The characters are well developed and interesting. I think other commentators have states much about the plot and characters. For a book that came out just after the war, I think it provides...
This is a thought-provoking, beautifully written book concerning the history of two very ordinary people living in Nazi Germany during the war years. At the death of their only son during the invasion of France, Otto and his wife Anna, who have previously supported Hitler, decide that it's time ...
The book is written in Germany of 1932. One year before Hitler came to power.I first read this in Swedish a few years ago. The Swedish title, What'll Become Of The Pinnebergs? is a bit cheesy; it sounds a bit like a 30s comedy, which of course it is in a way, but it doesn't seem to have the weigh...
I love every one of Hans Fallada's novels and this was a joy to read, but I hesitate to write a review, because it is so hard to convey the magical way in which he takes such ordinary and difficult lives, in such a dark and perilous period of German history, and somehow makes them sparkle. This n...
