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Es blieb nur ein rotes Segel
Es blieb nur ein rotes Segel - bk80; Bastei Lübbe Verlag; Heinz G. Konsalik; pocket_book; 1991
- GenresRomanceHistorical
314 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1980
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Heinz G. Konsalik
546 books83 followersHeinz 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.
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.
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December 4, 2023
This book just wasn't for me.
I did appreciate the incorporation of real historical events and characters into the story. However, I would have liked these elements worked out a bit more profoundly.
The fictional elements of the story didn't feel realistic. And then there was the mother of Mathilda.
I suppose the author ment this character to be a humoristic addition to the story, but she was so immensely irritating that it kept me from enjoying the story.
I did appreciate the incorporation of real historical events and characters into the story. However, I would have liked these elements worked out a bit more profoundly.
The fictional elements of the story didn't feel realistic. And then there was the mother of Mathilda.
I suppose the author ment this character to be a humoristic addition to the story, but she was so immensely irritating that it kept me from enjoying the story.
April 1, 2025
Tra un romanzo storico e una fiaba amara sull'amore, lo zar e la ballerina è una storia che vorresti quasi fosse vera, e forse lo è.
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