Wolf Among Wolves

Thissweepingsagaofloveindangeroustimes-the1923collapseoftheGermaneconomy,whenfoodandmoneyshortagesledtoriotinginthestreetsandunemployedsoldiersmaraudingthroughthecountryside-isdeemedbymanytobeHansFallada'sgreatestwork.Yetits1938publicationmadehispublishersofearfulofNaziretributionthathetoldFallada,"Ifthisbookdestroysus,thenatleastwe'llbedestroyedforsomethingthat'sworthit."ItappearshereinitsfirstunabridgedtranslationintoEnglish,basedonacontemporaneoustranslationbyPhilipOwensthathasbeenrevisedandrestoredinfullbyThorstenCarstensenandNicholasJacobs.Carstensenalsoprovidesanafterworddiscussingwhytheoriginalversionofthebookwassoheavilyedited...andwhyFallada'spublisherthoughtalovestorymightgetthemkilled.