Bibliograph

Once a jailbird, a novel, Hans Fallada ; translated by Eric Sutton ; revised by Nicholas Jacobs, Gardis Cramer von Laue and Linden Lawson

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Once a jailbird, a novel, Hans Fallada ; translated by Eric Sutton ; revised by Nicholas Jacobs, Gardis Cramer von Laue and Linden Lawson

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Once a jailbird

Oclc number

875354022

Responsibility statement

Hans Fallada ; translated by Eric Sutton ; revised by Nicholas Jacobs, Gardis Cramer von Laue and Linden Lawson

Sub title

a novel

Summary

For Willi Kufult, prison life means staying out of trouble, keeping his cell clean, snagging a precious piece of tobacco, and dreaming of the day of his release. Then he gets out. As Willi tries to make a new life for himself in Hamburg, finding a job and even love, he still cannot escape his past. Gradually he becomes sucked into a world of drink, desperation, deceit, and, with one terrible act, he is ensnared in a noose of his own making ... Hans Fallada, whose famous works include "Alone in Berlin" and "The Drinker," brilliantly crafts this dark and moving novel, originally written in 1934, as he describes a seedy criminal underworld of shabby lives and violent deeds, showing how our actions always catch up with us. His work is unparalleled, and "Once a Jailbird" is a fantastic title to add to Fallada's recently translated works

Target audience

adult

Classification