Ernst Haffner

Haffner s'endinsa en l'il lícit món dels baixos fons i descriu, de manera convincent i atractiva, com aquests germans de sang es mouen d'un delicte al següent, passant les nits en tuguris i lluitant

Originally published in 1932 and banned by the Nazis one year later, "Blood Brothers" follows a gang of young boys bound together by unwritten rules and mutual loyalty. " Blood Brothers" is the only known novel by German social worker and journalist Ernst Haffner, of whom nearly all traces were lost during the course of World War II. Told in stark, unsparing detail, Haffner's story delves into the illicit underworld of Berlin on the eve of Hitler's rise to power, describing how these blood brothers move from one petty crime to the next, spending their nights in underground bars and makeshift hostels, struggling together to survive the harsh realities of gang life, and finding in one another the legitimacy denied them by society.

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Originally published in 1932 and banned by the Nazis one year later, Blood Brothers follows a gang of young boys bound together by unwritten rules and mutual loyalty.Blood Brothers is the only known novel by German social worker and journalist Ernst Haffner, of whom nearly all traces were lost during the course of the Second World War. Told in stark, unsparing detail, Haffner''s story delves into the illicit underworld of Berlin on the eve of Hitler''s rise to power, describing how these blood brothers move from one petty crime to the next, spending their nights in underground bars and makeshift hostels, struggling together to survive the harsh realities of gang life, and finding in one another the legitimacy denied them by society.

Blood Brothers is the only known novel by German social worker and journalist Ernst Haffner, of whom nearly all traces were lost during the course of the Second World War. Told in stark, unsparing detail, Haffner's story delves into the illicit underworld of Berlin on the eve of Hitler's rise to power, describing how these blood brothers move from one petty crime to the next, spending their nights in underground bars and makeshift hostels, struggling together to survive the harsh realities of gang life, and finding in one another the legitimacy denied them by society.

Originally published in 1932 and banned by the Nazis one year later, Blood Brothers follows a gang of young boys bound together by unwritten rules and mutual loyalty.Blood Brothers is the only known novel by German social worker and journalist Ernst Haffner, of whom nearly all traces were lost during the course of World War II. Told in stark, unsparing detail, Haffners story delves into the illicit underworld of Berlin on the eve of Hitlers rise to power, describing how these blood brothers move from one petty crime to the next, spending their nights in underground bars and makeshift hostels, struggling together to survive the harsh realities of gang life, and finding in one another the legitimacy denied them by society.

Blood Brothers is the only known novel by German social worker and journalist Ernst Haffner, of whom nearly all traces were lost during the course of the Second World War. Told in stark, unsparing detail, Haffners story delves into the illicit underworld of Berlin on the eve of Hitlers rise to power, describing how these blood brothers move from one petty crime to the next, spending their nights in underground bars and makeshift hostels, struggling together to survive the harsh realities of gang life, and finding in one another the legitimacy denied them by society.

Una novela prohibida y quemada por los nazis, redescubierta después de ochenta años de olvido y convertida en un fenómeno de crítica y ventas en Alemania.Berlin, 1930. Alemania se encuentra sumida en una terrible depresion economica y social. Despues de la Primera Guerra Mundial, miles de jovenes viven en la calle. Todos son victimas de las mismas injusticias. Y todos tienen los mismos enemigos: el frio, el hambre y la policia. Pero juntos son mas fuertes. Son hermanos de sangre. Como Johnny y su pandilla, unidos por un indisoluble vinculo de amistad y dispuestos a cualquier cosa para sobrevivir en unas calles tan magicas como crueles. Una lectura que retrata la lucha por la dignidad y los anhelos de libertad de toda una generacion. Ernst Haffner nos sumerge en el corazon de la miseria alemana de entreguerras con un realismo desgarrador que nos obliga a reconocer en el pasado una actualidad estremecedora.

Una novela prohibida y quemada por los nazis, redescubierta después de ochenta años de olvido y convertida en un fenómeno de crítica y ventas en Alemania. Berlin, 1930. Alemania se encuentra sumida

Una novela prohibida y quemada por los nazis, redescubierta después de ochenta años de olvido y convertida en un fenómeno de crítica y ventas en Alemania.Berlin, 1930. Alemania se encuentra sumida en una terrible depresion economica y social. Despues de la Primera Guerra Mundial, miles de jovenes viven en la calle. Todos son victimas de las mismas injusticias. Y todos tienen los mismos enemigos: el frio, el hambre y la policia. Pero juntos son mas fuertes. Son hermanos de sangre. Como Johnny y su pandilla, unidos por un indisoluble vinculo de amistad y dispuestos a cualquier cosa para sobrevivir en unas calles tan magicas como crueles. Una lectura que retrata la lucha por la dignidad y los anhelos de libertad de toda una generacion. Ernst Haffner nos sumerge en el corazon de la miseria alemana de entreguerras con un realismo desgarrador que nos obliga a reconocer en el pasado una actualidad estremecedora.