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| Original Title: | Stalingrad. |
| ISBN: | 346203054X (ISBN13: 9783462030549) |
Theodor Plievier
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 257 pages Rating: 3.94 | 194 Users | 28 Reviews
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Anyone who has read the histories and memoirs of the fighting on the Eastern Front, especially Stalingrad, will not find anything new in Plievier's book yet it still manages to capture that descent into Hell that was the common experience for the soldiers of this, the greatest battle of the Second World War. The book was written in 1948 and that immediately makes it stand out as a forerunner of gritty, down-to-earth literary depictions of the horrors of war. There were many occasions when I had to pinch myself to remind myself that this was a work of fiction and not a historical memoir. Pleivier was able to carry out first-hand research and visit the battlefield whilst it still held its horrors frozen in its jaws. So often I could visualise the brutality and discomfort, the cold and hunger, the loss of hope and appalling loss of life. There are images here that would be worthy of a modern-day Dante.The book does have its flaws (if that is the correct term to use). There are times when it does read like the script to a propaganda movie where the hero argues about the futility and immorality of it all against hardened Nazis. The fanatical resistance offered by the Germans is depicted as the consequence of indecision and omission on the part of the military leadership in order to further stress the betrayal of the ordinary soldier by a corrupt elite. I am overemphasising the flaws. Overall this is a powerful read made more dramatic by the howling blizzard blowing outside and the bone-chilling cold assaulting me in this, the coldest March we've had in 50 years.
Details Epithetical Books Stalingrad
| Title | : | Stalingrad |
| Author | : | Theodor Plievier |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 257 pages |
| Published | : | A WWII Reading List 508 books — 346 voters World War II Fiction & Non-fiction 505 books — 315 voters |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. War. Fiction. World War II. Cultural. Russia |
Rating Epithetical Books Stalingrad
Ratings: 3.94 From 194 Users | 28 ReviewsWrite-Up Epithetical Books Stalingrad
World War II, Russia"Have we so crushed them, so burned out their souls, that there is no spark left in them?"I have never read a book like this in my life - the story of the people that were overreached and the men that were abandoned. It is one of the greatest books I've read.
Novel written in 1946 by a German Communist who lived in Russia from 1933 to 1947. He interviewed Stalingrad survivors. Very graphic about suffering. Told from the German viewpoint. Much of the novel takes place in the areas outside the city, which we tend to forget about when thinking of the battle -- the mental picture usually is the room-to-room, floor-to-floor fighting in the city. But much of the fighting and suffering took place out in the open.
Definitely the most interesting fiction (but very realistic) account you can find in English language on the tragic events at Stalingrad
" If you think you have it bad, read history" Bill MaherA work of brutal beauty. At Stalingrad Hitler essentially sacrificed the German 6th Army of over 300,000 men. @00,000 died, of the rest taken prisoner fewer than 10,000 ever saw Germany again.Viewed through the eyes of the Germans, both generals and common soldiers the book graphically portrays the horrors faced. A damning indictment of the consequences of blind obedience.
A hideously depressing, horrific read that will cause you to lose all faith in humankind.
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