Stalin Organ - Couverture souple

Ledig, Gert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1862076529 ISBN 13 : 9781862076525

Editeur : Granta Books, 2004

Synopsis

"The Stalin Organ" - a slang military term for a multiple rocket launcher - is the first of Gert Ledig's triad of books on World War II, written in swift succession in the 1950s. Switching between the German and Russian lines, Ledig brings us the experience of war from both sides of the conflict, as the two armies tensely hold out for the other side to give. He describes in horrifying detail the graphic and resourceful violence that maims and kills the barely individuated soldiers.

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À propos de l'auteur

Gert Ledig (1921-1999) was born in Leipzig, and grew up in Vienna. At the age of 18 he volunteered for the army, and was wounded at the battle of Leningrad in 1942. He later reworked his experiences in The Stalin Organ (1955). Sent back home, he trained as a ship building engineer, and was caught in several air raids - an experience that never left him, and which led to the writing of Payback (1956). Its reissue in 1999 in Germany led to the author's much publicised rediscovery there.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Granta Books
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1862076529
• ISBN 13: 9781862076525
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
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