After midnight - Irmgard Keun

Depicting a young woman's life in Nazi Germany, a masterpiece from the author of Child of All Nations

'I cannot think of anything else that conjures up so powerfully the atmosphere of a nation turned insane' Sunday Telegraph

Nineteen-year-old
Sanna just wants to drink her beer in peace, but that's difficult when
Hitler has come to town and his motorcade is blocking the streets of
Frankfurt. What's more, her best friend Gerti is in love with a Jewish
boy, her brother writes books that have been blacklisted and her own
aunt may denounce her to the authorities at any moment, as Germany
teeters on the edge of the abyss. Written after she had fled the Nazi
regime, Irmgard Keun's masterly novel captures the feverish hysteria and
horror of the era with devastating perceptiveness and humour.

Translated by Anthea Bell