The turncoat

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The turncoat

Lenz, Siegfried (Pengarang) ; Cullen, John (Penerjemah)

Fiksi Jerman

Detil Buku

Edisi -

Penerbit Jerman : Other Press, 2020

Deskripsi Fisik 370 halaman ; 21 cm

ISBN 9781590510537

Subjek Fiksi Jerman

Bahasa Jerman

Call Number R/833 LEN t

Deskripsi

The last summer before the end of World War II, Walter Proska is posted to a small unit tasked with ensuring the safety of a railway line deep in the forest on the border with Ukraine and Byelorussia. In this swampy region, a handful of men—stunned by the heat, attacked by mosquitoes, and abandoned by their own troops in the face of the resistance—must also submit to the increasingly absurd and inhuman orders of their superior. Time passes, and the soldiers isolate themselves, haunted by madness and the desire for death. An encounter with a young Polish partisan, Wanda, makes Proska further doubt the validity of his oath of allegiance, and he seeks to answer the questions that obsess him: When conscience and duty clash, which is more important? Is it possible to take any action without becoming guilty in some way? And where is Wanda, this woman from the resistance he can’t forget?