Alone in Berlin - Hans Fallada and a gothic tale of

and a gothic tale of a repentant vampire

fearless exploration of sex

the novel has been compared to works by Cervantes

But the official is Nikolai's cold

exiled and eventually re-arrested

Alone in Berlin - Hans Fallada and a gothic tale ofBerlin, 1940, and the city is filled with fear. At the house on 55 Jablonski Strasse, its various occupants try to live under Nazi rule in their different ways: the bullying Hitler loyalists the Persickes, the retired judge Fromm and the unassuming couple Otto and Anna Quangel. Then the Quangels receive the news that their beloved son has been killed fighting in France. Shocked out of their quiet existence, they begin a silent campaign of defiance,