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Alone in Berlin

By Hans Fallada
Series: Modern Plays
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Alone in Berlin is a gripping portrait of life in wartime Berlin, exploring how paranoia can warp a society terrified of the night-time knock on the door. Based on true events, it follows Otto and Anna Quangel, a quietly courageous couple who resist the brutal Nazi regime through small but brave acts, risking grave consequences. As the Gestapo intensifies their search, Otto and Anna become players in a deadly game of cat and mouse.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This powerful story will appeal to readers interested in historical fiction, World War II, and tales of personal courage and resistance against tyranny.

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A gripping portrait of life in wartime Berlin and a vividly theatrical study of how paranoia can warp a society gripped by the fear of the night-time knock on the door.

Based on true events, Hans Fallada’s Alone in Berlin follows a quietly courageous couple, Otto and Anna Quangel who, in dealing with their own heartbreak, stand up to the brutal reality of the Nazi regime. With the smallest of acts, they defy Hitler’s rule with extraordinary bravery, facing the gravest of consequences.

Translated and adapted by Alistair Beaton (Feelgood, The Trial Of Tony Blair), this timely story of the moral power of personal resistance sees the Gestapo launch a massive hunt for the perpetrators and Otto and Anna finding themselves players in a deadly game of cat and mouse.

This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at Royal and Derngate Theatre in February 2020.

Series: Modern Plays

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Times Literary Supplement calls it "one of the great novels of the last century," while Alan Furst describes it as "one of the most extraordinary and compelling novels written about World War Two. Ever."

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781350172401

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 February 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Methuen Drama

Contributors:

  • Adapted by Alistair Beaton

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 112g

Pages: 120

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About the Author

Alistair Beaton is a well-known playwright and political satirist, whose plays and translations include Feelgood, King of Hearts and Follow My Leader, Max Frisch's The Arsonists, and Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle. For television, he wrote the award-winning A Very Social Secretary (2005) and the Channel 4 film The Trial of Tony Blair (2007). His most recent play, Caledonia, was a co-production between the Edinburgh International Festival and the National Theatre of Scotland and was staged at the Kings Theatre Edinburgh in 2010.

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