Johannes Pinneberg, called Lämmchen's husband, is a young clerk in Germany in the last years of the Weimar Republic, who marries his girlfriend Emma, nicknamed Lämmchen, when she becomes pregnant. They try to build a modest life together, but job losses, rising prices and the pressure of unemployment push them further down, and they move from town to Berlin. Hans Fallada tells it in plain language, showing ordinary people in a time of economic crisis and rising extremism, with a warm and ironic tone, while the couple's love is a source of stability.
It suits readers who like realistic novels of the interwar period. It gives a clear picture of the Great Depression in Germany.
Thought-provoking; a moderate read.
Best for readers like The Story Seeker. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Rowohlt Verlag
- ISBN
- 9783499100017
- Language
- DE
