The Escape Without End is a novel by Joseph Roth, which was written in 1927 during the author's trip to Albania and was published by Kurt Wolff in Munich in the same year. According to Roth, the novel is a piece of autobiography. Franz Tunda, lieutenant in the Austrian army, escapes from Russian captivity and finds shelter in the taiga with the Pole Baranowicz in Werchne-Udinsk. In the spring...

The major new edition of one of the most discussed books in GDR literature. The sensational book for the first time as the author wrote it. Thanks to a lucky find, we can rediscover this novel, which is currently causing international enthusiasm due to its amazing modernity, in an unabridged, politically unembellished version.

Seven prisoners escaped from Westhofen concentration camp. They have re-posed the question of power that had been decided against them for a long time. By fleeing, they circumvent their powerlessness and put their physical and psychological strength to the test in order to assert themselves.

Bertolt Brecht in 100 Poems The anthology authorized by Bertolt Brecht: a cross-section of his entire lyrical work. This selection of poems, made by Wieland Herzfelde a few years before Brecht's death, has found an audience of millions since its first edition. It takes into account the entire extensive lyrical work of the great playwright, director and poet of the 20th century.

The last novel by the Viennese master. It is a bright early spring day when Therese arrives in Vienna. Behind her lies the boredom of everyday life in a small town, the disappointment of her first love. The officer's daughter from a good family takes on the life of a maid because she wants to live, be free, finally be happy in this seductive city. In his touching novel about women, Schnitzler...

The world bestseller for the first time as Fallada wrote it. Too explosive to be printed in this way: a quarter of the original version of the novel that made Hans Fallada an internationally acclaimed best-selling author on the eve of the Nazis' seizure of power has never been published. The seller Johannes Pinneberg and his girlfriend Lämmchen are expecting a child. The couple decides to marry...

Because Franziska would rather choose 30 wild years instead of 70 good ones, the young and talented architect ignores the predetermined career path. One year she will work in the back provinces. She doesn't want to be satisfied with what's feasible, nor does she want to become cynical like Ben, the mysterious man she makes her lover.

When angry farmers thwart a seizure of livestock, everything in a small northern German town gets out of joint. Intrigues and political intrigues are hatched, no one can escape the game of money and power. – With this lively, deeply human novel, Hans Fallada creates a rich panorama of the domestic misery of the Weimar Republic.

People on the run. Marseille in the summer of 1940: those persecuted and threatened by the Nazis gather on the edge of Europe. They rush for visas, certificates and stamps in order to escape overseas into safe exile. In the chaos of the city, in the cafés, on the walk from authority to authority, their paths cross - and for a short time, the lives of others are connected through hopes, dreams...

Hans Fallada's Unpublished Stories. What a find: Of the stories that Hans Fallada wrote in the course of his life, more than twenty important texts are unknown to readers because they have never been published or were written directly for a magazine. They show the familiar author in top form and at the same time allow us to discover new sides of him. These stories spanning four decades lead...

His profile was posted publicly in the county seat when Johann Schulz sought refuge with relatives in a Rhenish-Hessian village. He is accused of killing a police officer at a demonstration. The bounty offered becomes a temptation for the villagers, and it is a matter of opinion who finally denounces the cop killer. Because the Nazis advertise in the village.

Feuchtwanger's world-famous family novel They are successful and respected: Gustav, the writer and senior boss, Martin, the businessman, and Edgar, the doctor. But then the unbelievable happened: The Nazis set up their regime with murder and fire. Home is slipping away from the Oppermanns. They have to leave their homes and their friends because they are of Jewish descent.