The Human Comedy: Reintroducing Hans Fallada

After finishing the novel in 1946, Fallada told his sister Elisabeth, “At last I’ve got one right.” He died before he saw it published. The first English translation, lovingly prepared by Melville House, deserves celebration for its historical insight, its literary beauty and its rare sense of humanity.

LITTLE MAN, WHAT NOW? | By HANS FALLADA | Melville House | 400 pages | $17 softcover

Hans Fallada: Little man, what now?

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