What are you reading this week of January 14, 2018?

[japple]

13. Hi everyone! Many thanks, hermetic, for bringing us all together every week.

I am still reading Hans Fallada's book, Every Man Dies Alone. At 540 pages, it is much more substantial than the books I usually read, though the writing is lucid and the story is engaging. It is very intense and, given the subject matter, full of suspense. I cannot believe that this book was written in 24 days while the author was confined to a psychiatric hospital. Here is a bit more of the history of the author's tragic life:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Fallada