The Drinker (novel)
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Author | Hans Fallada |
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Original title | Der Trinker |
Translator | Charlotte and A.L. Lloyd |
Language | German |
Published | 1950 (Rowohlt Verlag) (German) 1952 (Putnam & Co. Ltd) 1994 (Aufbau-Verlagsgruppe GmbH) (German) |
Publication date | 1950 |
Publication place | Germany |
ISBN | 978-1-933633-65-7 |
The Drinker (German: Der Trinker) is a novel by German writer Hans Fallada, first published posthumously in 1950.
Fallada began the novel in 1944, when he was imprisoned in a criminal asylum for the attempted murder of his wife. It is autobiographical, in diary form, and tells the story of a man in the grip of alcohol. Beryl Bainbridge called it "both shocking and original".[1] Fallada wrote the manuscript in code, so as to encrypt the contents of the manuscript against detection by asylum staff and officials.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "How did we miss these?". The Observer. London. 2007-09-02. p. 5 (Review). Retrieved 2014-10-21.
- ^ Books, Melville House (March 2009). The Drinker » Melville House Books. Melville House Books.