Doctor Erica Werner

by Heinz G. Konsalik

1st edition (UK) hardcover, vg+ book & vg+ dw (dust jacket)

Genres: Fiction

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1962

About the author

Heinz G. Konsalik (pseudonym of Heinz Günther) was a German novelist.

Many of his books deal with war and showed the German human side of things as experienced by their soldiers and families at home, for instance Das geschenkte Gesicht (The Mutilated Face), which deals with a German soldier's recovery after his sledge ran over a personnel mine and destroyed his face, and how this affected his relationship with his wife at home. It places no judgment on the German position in the war and simply deals with human beings in often desperate situations, doing what they were forced to do under German military law.

Der Arzt von Stalingrad (The Doctor of Stalingrad) made him famous and was adapted into a movie in 1958. Some 83 million copies sold of his 155 novels made him the most popular German novelist of the postwar era and many of his novels were translated and sold through book clubs. He is buried in Cologne.

Reviews

[Gerhard · Rating 3 out of 5]

'n Wonderlike OU roman...die Afrikaans is baie vreemd op die moderne ore maar op die einde kry die regte ou die meisie! 😂

[Titi · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best books I had read. The writing style was quite simple and the storyline was quite attractive to the human eye. I love the more humane perspective on the life in prison and how certain energy of one soft and gentle woman can influence other people and her own denoument of her life. I don't know how else to explain it but that it's a book worht reading. It put me into emotions of love to frustration to sadness and joy. It's a simple and amazing book. No other words to descrbe it.

[Astrid · Rating 3 out of 5]

Schrijft lekker, maar zat me wel wild te ergeren aan de hoofdpersoon. Schrijfstijl is erg vloeiend en aantrekkelijk.

[Cristina B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

C'était bien...nous montre que l'amour peut nous rendre aveugles ou l'amour peut nous ouvrir les yeux.

[Malika · Rating 5 out of 5]

Au début, je croyais que c'était une histoire comme les autres, surtout que j'ai déjà lu des histoires de la collection Blanche d'Harlequin. Mais tout en avançant, j'ai découvert une histoire à part, j'ai belle et bien dévoré le livre en quelques jours seulement. Très belle histoire!

[Rhona Crawford · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read the Afrikaans translation as a teenager

[Ashiana Ramdass · Rating 4 out of 5]

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