Hans Fallada was one of the best-known German writers of the twentieth century. His most famous works include the novels Alone in Berlin and The Drinker. Fallada died from an overdose of morphine on 5 February 1947 in Berlin. Michael Hofmann is the author of several books of poems and a book of criticism, Behind the Lines, and the translator of many modern and contemporary authors.
A powerful chronicler of human weakness shot through with hope * Times Literary Supplement *