Der Nussknacker - Eine Reise durch ein Jahrhundert

by Sobo

Der Nussknacker, im Jahre 1900 geschnitzt, ist nicht nur ein hölzener Nussknacker – er ist auch Talisman, Geschenk, Trostpreis, Spielzeug, Kunstobjekt, Überbringer von Spionagenachrichten, Trophäe ... und vor allem ein leidenschaftlicher Geschichtenerzähler. Er erzählt seine Geschichte und die eines ganzen Jahrhunderts. Er fliegt Zeppelin, fährt auf der Titanic, erlebt die Weltkriege und die Gründung der DDR. Er wandert immer wieder von Kinderhand zu Jugendhand und erzählt auch die einzelnen Geschichten seiner Besitzer ...

Genres: Young Adult, Historical Fiction

792 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2011

Reviews

[robinie · Rating 4 out of 5]

As I have always been interested in history, I was very happy when I discovered this beauty. It's a real big book but it doesn't feel like it has +800 pages because the writing style is easy to read and the pace is perfect. Although you have so many different characters appearing in the story, the focus is on what happens during the time and place surrounding them and not so much on what is going on in their lives. I loved the fact that the setting was changing quickly and that numerous historical incidents are mentioned. It was amusing and entertaining to follow the nutcracker and "watch him" get himself into the most hilarious, dangerous, boring or interesting situations. He is on the Titanic as it sinks during its virgin voyage, he is there when Martin Luther King delivers his historical speech "I have a dream", he witnesses the fall of the Berlin wall, and so on and so forth. If you want to brush up on your historical knowledge of the 20th century (mainly European history), then this is your book!

[❀ Tina ❀ · Rating 3 out of 5]

4,5 *

[Kathrin · Rating 4 out of 5]

For me, this is one of the books that has stayed with me for a very long time. It basically covers the whole of the 20th century through the eyes of a nutcracker that is made in the year 1900 and gets back to his original owner at the turn of the millennia. I liked how the chronicles the event of the century, it mostly focuses on German events and what kind of views the Nutcracker has on these situations.

[Marlene · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing book! That's how children and grown-ups should learn about historical events!!! :)