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Title: Little Man, What Now? by Hans Fallada, Eric Sutton ISBN: 0-89733-086-2 Publisher: Academy Chicago Pub Pub. Date: May, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Quite good
Comment: This novel provides an interesting look at Germany in the years between World War I and II. As I read it and saw got an understanding of the depths of economic depression the country was in, I began to have a better grasp of how Hitler was able to mesmerize the nation and take power -- he spoke in a way that made people think he'd restore their pride and prosperity.
The story itself is fairly basic. I liked how Fallada wrapped the lessons about history and the economic/political situation around the simple tale of a young couple trying to raise a family and survive in the Depression. The characters were a little stereotypical and could have had more depth, but in general they were quite interesting. The pace of the novel was good. The book was a bit long, but Fallada is a good enough writer that it didn't bother me too much. This book is a good read that any history buff will certainly enjoy.
Rating: 5
Summary: Hardship and love a time of despair
Comment: The story of the life of the little man Johannes Pinneberg and his love in the Weimar Republic (Germany before Hitler). It accurately presents the hardship of people in the worldwide economic crisis in the 30ies. Pinneberg is a salesman who believes himself above the proletarians. He strives for a bourgeois kind of lifestyle. But after marrying his struggle for survival begins with his social decline. Pinneberg learns: you have to work like an animal or you won't work at all. The book is a story about money, hardship and the constant threat of failure. But one thing prevails: love.
The book is one of my all-time favorites. If you don't mind reading books that are literature at the same time I highly recommend it.
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Title: Weimar and the Rise of Hitler by Anthony James Nicholls ISBN: 0312233515 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $31.95 |
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Title: Between Dignity and Despair: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany (Studies in Jewish History) by Marion A. Kaplan ISBN: 0195130928 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: War & Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust (Critical Issues in History) by Doris L. Bergen ISBN: 0847696308 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing (via NBN) Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Weimar Culture: The Outsider as Insider by Peter Gay ISBN: 0393322394 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: December, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Nazi Seizure of Power: The Experience of a Single German Town 1922-1945 by William Sheridan Allen ISBN: 0531056333 Publisher: Orchard Books Pub. Date: May, 1984 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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