Off Limits [Hans Habe]

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Off Limits

Hans Habe

Crest Books, NY. 1958. First Cresting paperback printing. Some creasing to the spine; some chips to the edges of bottom spine; rubbing to front and rear cover and age appropriate yellowing. A very good copy.

From the publisher:

"Having shown Germany in victory in his book A Thousand Shall Fall, Hans Habe now portrays her in defeat, with the same vivid realism. His scene is the U.S. zone where, in those difficult years of the Allied occupation, human dignity and moral courage sank to their lowest ebb. Against the background of starvation and misery, prison camps and speculation, a varied cross-section of characters, either Germans or members of the American Army, react in their various ways to the unnatural conditions of their surroundings."

Hans Habe's books are increasingly hard to track down, and Off Limits remains a highwater mark for this extremely unique take on immediate post WW2 Germany. Keep your eye on this one - you won't see it again.