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The drinker

Hans Fallada

2009304 pagesabout 5–7 hours
2009
first published
  • 2009Melville House · 304 pages · ENGISBN 9781933633657

An autobiographical novel written during the Second World War in Germany in 1944 during the author's confinement in a medical asylum. It is a self-portrait of an alcoholic and the effect of his behaviour on his surroundings, especially on his deteriorating marriage.

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Character focusTwo hander

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Romance levelCentral

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ThemesLove
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