During his lifetime, Hans Fallada (1893-1947) became one of Germany's most popular authors on the strength of books like Every Man Dies Alone, though he constantly risked running afoul of the Nazi regime. Only recently discovered, these six stories include "Pogg and Robinson"—an account of two men seeking refuge and hope in a prison cell—and the title tale, in which a headstrong young woman in a sanatorium engages in an escalating battle of wills with another patient.