Ralf Rothmann
To Die in Spring
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Walter Urban and Friedrich 'Fiete' Caroli work side by side as hands on a dairy farm in northern Germany. By 1945, it seems the War's worst atrocities are over. When they are forced to 'volunteer' for the Waffen-SS, they find themselves embroiled in a conflict which is drawing to a desperate, bloody close. Walter is put to work as a driver for a supply unit, while Fiete is sent to the front. When the senseless bloodshed leads Fiete to desert, only to be captured and sentenced to death, the friends are reunited under catastrophic circumstances. In a few days the war will be over, millions of innocents will be dead, and the survivors must find…
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Walter Urban and Friedrich 'Fiete' Caroli work side by side as hands on a dairy farm in northern Germany. By 1945, it seems the War's worst atrocities are over. When they are forced to 'volunteer' for the Waffen-SS, they find themselves embroiled in a conflict which is drawing to a desperate, bloody close. Walter is put to work as a driver for a supply unit, while Fiete is sent to the front. When the senseless bloodshed leads Fiete to desert, only to be captured and sentenced to death, the friends are reunited under catastrophic circumstances. In a few days the war will be over, millions of innocents will be dead, and the survivors must find a way to live with its legacy.An international bestseller and a phenomenon in the author's native Germany, this powerful and heart-breaking novel explores humanity's capacity for violence, how grief reverberates from one generation to the next, and the psychological impact of guilt - both individual and collective
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- ISBN: 978-1-5098-1286-8
- EAN: 9781509812868
- Produktnummer: 24254283
- Verlag: Pan MacMillan
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 210 S.
- Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.8 cm x D2.0 cm 202 g
- Abbildungen: B-format paperback
- Gewicht: 202
- Sonstiges: Ab 18 J.
Über den Autor
Ralf Rothmann is a German novelist, poet, and dramatist. To Die in Spring is his eighth novel, but the first to be published in the UK.
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