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Available for the first time in English, here is an unforgettable novel about the desolation of Hitler's post-war Germany.

Late April, 1945. The war is over, yet Dr Doll, a loner and "moderate pessimist", lives in constant fear. By night, he is haunted... Read Full Overview

In April of 1945, Dr. Doll and his wife Alma live in Prenzlau, a small city in Eastern Germany, awaiting the end of the Nazi regime . He becomes mayor after the Russians liberate his town, but he soon becomes disillusioned. He moves with his wife to Berlin, a city devastated... Read Full Overview

"Im April 1945 ist der Krieg vorbei, doch in Dr. Dolls Tr umen lebt er fort. Immer und immer wieder derselbe Traum von Stalin, Churchill und Roosevelt im Bombentrichter. Erst flieht er aus seiner Kleinstadt, dann in die Drogenabh ngigkeit. Als ihm auch seine junge Frau in die... Read Full Overview

Available for the first time in English, here is an unforgettable novel about the desolation of Hitler's postwar Germany.

The war is over, yet Dr. Doll, a loner and "moderate pessimist," lives in constant fear. By night, he is still haunted by nightmarish images of the... Read Full Overview

"Im April 1945 ist der Krieg vorbei, doch in Dr. Dolls Tr umen lebt er fort. Immer und immer wieder derselbe Traum von Stalin, Churchill und Roosevelt im Bombentrichter. Erst flieht er aus seiner Kleinstadt, dann in die Drogenabh ngigkeit. Als ihm auch seine junge Frau in die... Read Full Overview

Available for the first time in English, here is an unforgettable novel about the desolation of Hitler's postwar Germany.

The war is over, yet Dr. Doll, a loner and "moderate pessimist," lives in constant fear. By night, he is still haunted by nightmarish images of the... Read Full Overview