Kindly Ones, The: A Novel - Softcover

Littell, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061353469 ISBN 13: 9780061353468

Verlag: Harper Perennial, 2013

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Book by Littell Jonathan

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Críticas:

"A world-class masterpiece of astonishing brutality, originality, and force."--The Daily Beast

"An extraordinarily powerful novel.... Above all, it is a sophisticated exploration of issues of morality, evil and luck... The novel as a whole brilliantly shows how 'ordinary men' become killers."--The Observer (London)

"The meticulously realistic main plot of The Kindly Ones is brilliantly organized and written..."--BookForum

"An alternately fascinating and impressively researched novel. . . . Its feverish voice is weirdly mesmerizing, the scope awesome."--Newark Star Ledger

"The force and clarity with which Littell renders the physical realities of war and mass murder are simply astounding. . . . The Kindly Ones is unmistakably the work of a profoundly gifted writer."--Time magazine

"Unquestionably brilliant...Littell is a gifted writer and what he achieves...is unparalleled...The novel [is] scrupulous in its period details and...generous in its scope"--The Nation

"A great work of literary fiction, to which readers and scholars will turn for decades to come."--Antony Beevor, The Times (London)

Reseña del editor:

Hiding his past as a Nazi officer while living the life of an entrepreneur and family man in northern France, Dr. Max Aue remembers horrifying graphic acts of violence he committed during World War II, including contributions to the Battle of Stalingrad and the final days of the Nazi regime in Berlin. Reprint. A best-selling book. 50,000 first printing.

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• Verlag: Harper Perennial
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0061353469
• ISBN 13: 9780061353468
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 994