Why Do You Wear a Cheap Watch?

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Why Do You Wear a Cheap Watch?
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Hans Fallada
Translated by Michael Hofmann
SeriesPenguin Modern
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:64
Dimensions(mm): Height 161,Width 111
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
Short stories
ISBN/Barcode 9780241339244
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Classics
Publication Date 22 February 2018
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Fifty new books at e1 each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry 'It was what we call in the trade a potato...' Tales of low-lifes and grifters trying to make ends meet in pre-War Germany

Author Biography

Hans Fallada was born in Germany in 1893. His life was checkered by a failed adolescent suicide pact in which his friend died, addiction to morphine and alcohol, periods of incarceration in prison and mental hospitals, and brushes with the Nazi regime. His most famous novels include Little Man, What Now?, The Drinker and Alone in Berlin, written in 24 days. Fallada died weeks before its publication, in February 1947 in Berlin.