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Lilly and Her Slave

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Lilly and Her Slave by Hans Fallada tells the story of a young woman's complex relationship with her devoted admirer in early 20th-century Germany. The narrative delves into themes of power dynamics, love, and societal expectations as Lilly navigates a tumultuous period in her life. Fallada's unique storytelling provides a vivid portrait of characters grappling with personal desires against the backdrop of an evolving society.
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Previously unpublished stories by the bestselling author of Alone in Berlin.

In September 1925, Hans Fallada handed himself in to the police. Not yet a bestselling author, Fallada had repeatedly embezzled funds to finance his alcohol and morphine addictions. Desperate to escape his demons, he sought a prison cell.

Now court documents from Fallada's imprisonment have recently been rediscovered, and with them a never-before-seen story collection. Peopled by complex characters at odds with society, Fallada's stories tackle hitherto taboo topics such as rape and abortion, and explore the lives of women and male outsiders.

These stories reveal to a new generation of readers Fallada's immense gifts and his intense inner battles.

Fallada is extraordinary ... These stories of love and hate, sadism and masochism, are compelling in isolation. But what makes them remarkable is that they prefigure his final works. -Geordie Williamson, The Saturday Paper

A precious treat for Fallada fans- Lilly and Her Slave tells a MeToo story from 1920s Berlin. -Marc Reichwein, Literarische Welt

These tales from the estate of Hans Fallada are a gem for fans, as are the circumstances of their discovery. -Welt am Sonntag

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781922585226

Publisher: Scribe Publications

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 July 2022

Country: Australia

Imprint: Scribe Publications

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 208.0mm

Weight: 272g

Pages: 256

About the Author

Hans Fallada (Author) Hans Fallada (1893-1947) was the pen name of German author Rudolf Ditzen, whose books were international bestsellers on a par with those of his countrymen Thomas Mann and Hermann Hesse. He opted to stay in Germany when the Nazis came to power, and eventually had a nervous breakdown when he was put under pressure to write anti-Semitic books. He was cast into a Nazi insane asylum, where he secretly wrote The Drinker. Immediately after the war he wrote his last two novels, The Nightmare and Alone in Berlin, but he died before either book could be published. Alexandra Roesch (Translator) Alexandra Roesch is a bicultural, bilingual freelance translator based in Frankfurt, Germany. An experienced translator of fiction and nonfiction, she has an MA in translation from the University of Bristol and was longlisted for the 2018 Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize.

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