A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year
€œThe greatest book ever written about the German resistance to the Nazis.€ €"Primo Levi
€œOne of the most extraordinary and compelling novels ever written about World War II. Ever. ... Please, do not miss this.€ €"Alan Furst
"It has something of the horror of Conrad, the madness of Dostoyevsky and the chilling menace of Capote€s In Cold Blood.... In the quiet Quangels, Fallada has created an immortal symbol of those who fight back against 'the vile beyond all vileness' and so redeem us all." €"Roger Cohen, The New York Times
€œAn unrivalled and vivid portrait of life in wartime Berlin.€ €"Philip Kerr, author of the "Berlin Noir" novels
€œOne of the most extraordinarily ambitious literary resurrections in recent memory ....€ €"The Los Angeles Times
€œA one-of-a-kind novel €¦ Fallada can be seen as a hero, a writer-hero who survived just long enough to strike back at his oppressors.€ €"The Globe and Mail
€œStunningly vivid characters €¦ gets you inside Nazi Germany like no other novel.€ €"The San Francisco Chronicle
€œEssential, thrilling.€ €"The St. Petersburg Times
€œThis is a novel that is so powerful, so intense, that it almost hums with electricity." €"Minneapolis Star-Tribune