The Drinker
by Hans Fallada |
A Small Circus
by Hans Fallada | 
Heaven Has No Favorites
by Erich Maria Remarque | 
Homecoming
by Bernhard Schlink |
The End of Days
by Jenny Erpenbeck | 
Little Man, What Now?
by Hans Fallada |
The Story of Mr. Sommer
by Patrick Suskind | 
The Weekend
by Bernhard Schlink | 
How German is it
by Walter Abish | 
The Black Obelisk
by Erich Maria Remarque | 
The Oppermanns
by Lion Feuchtwanger | 
Right and Left
by Joseph Roth | 
Visitation
by Jenny Erpenbeck | 
The Flounder
by Gunter Grass | 
The Wall Jumper
by Peter Schneider | 
Floating in My Mother's Palm
by Ursula Hegi | 
Independent People
by Halldor Laxness | 
The Sot-Weed Factor
by John Barth | 
The Friendly Persuasion
by Jessamyn West | 
The Fortress
by Mesa Selimovic |
Wolf Among Wolves is a sprawling saga of the collapse of a culture - its economy and government - and the common man's struggle to survive it all. Set in Weimar Germany soon after Germany's catastrophic loss of World War I, the story follows a young gambler who loses all in Berlin, then flees the chaotic city, where worthless money and shortages are causing pandemonium. Once in the countryside, however, he finds a defeated German army that has camped there to foment insurrection. Somehow, amidst it all, he finds romance - it's The Year of Living Dangerously in a European setting. Fast-moving as a thriller, fascinating as the best historical fiction, and with lyrical prose that packs a powerful emotional punch, Wolf Among Wolves is the equal of Fallada's acclaimed Every Man Dies Alone as an immensely absorbing work of important literature.