Wolf Among Wolves by Hans Fallada (9781922070302)

Description - Wolf Among Wolves by Hans Fallada

Fast-moving as a thriller, fascinating as the best historical fiction, and with lyrical prose that packs a powerful emotional punch. Wolf among Wolves is an immensely absorbing work of literature.
Wolf among Wolves is a sweeping saga of the collapse of a culture - its economy and government - and the common man's struggle to survive it all. Set in Weimar Germany soon after Germany's catastrophic loss of World War 1, the story follows a young gambler. Wolfgang Pagel, who loses everything in Berlin, then flees the chaotic city, where worthless money and shortages are causing pandemonium. Once in the countryside, however, Pagel finds a defeated German army that has decamped there to foment insurrection. Somehow, amidst it all, he finds romance.
Fast-moving as a thriller, fascinating as the best historical fiction, and with lyrical prose that packs a powerful emotional punch. Wolf among Wolves is an immensely absorbing work of literature.

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