Results for "Wilkes, Geoff"

Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt/M., New York, Oxford, Wien. Australian and New Zealand Studies in German Language and Literature. Vol. 19 General Editor: Gerhard Schulz.... Read More about Hans Fallada's Crisis Novels, 1931-47 (Australian & New Zealand Studies in German Language & Litera)

The author of this study analyses five major novels published by Hans Fallada between 1931 and 1947, including bestsellers such as Kleiner Mann - was nun? and comparatively neglected works such as Der Alpdruck. These novels explore significant problems in Weimar, Nazi and post-Nazi society, paying p... Read More about Hans Fallada's Crisis Novels 1931-1947 (Australian and New Zealand Studies in German Language and Li #19)

Sanna and her ravishing friend Gerti would rather speak of love than politics, but in 1930s Frankfurt, politics cannot be escaped--even in the lady's bathroom. Crossing town one evening to meet up with Gerti's Jewish lover, a blockade cuts off the girls' path--it is the Fürher in a motorcade process... Read More about After Midnight (Neversink)

The stirring, never-before-translated story of a single, pregnant, and wickedly nervy young secretary making her way through a Germany succumbing to the Nazis.Irmgard Keun's first novel Gilgi was an overnight sensation upon its initial publication in Germany, selling thousands of copies, inspiring n... Read More about Gilgi (Neversink)