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Viagem para a Terra do Fogo
242 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1982
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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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August 24, 2023
Dieses Buch habe ich aus dem Regal meiner Eltern aus Neugier mitgenommen und habe erst hinterher gegoogelt, dass Konsalik lange ein extrem beliebter Autor war, der auch sehr schnell viele Bücher geschrieben hat.
Es war für mich in der ersten Hälfte noch interessanter als in der zweiten... Der Irrsinn fing meiner Meinung nach noch zu früh an. Einige Dinge machen aber auch keinen Sinn, was wahrscheinlich dem Schreibtempo des Autors geschuldet.
Für mich liest es sich sehr wie ein Zeitdokument. Es trieft von den Konventionen und vorherrschenden Meinungen der 1970er in Deutschland.
Als Flugzeuglektüre geeignet... empfehlen würde ich es nur bedingt (Trigger-Warnings beachten!).
Es war für mich in der ersten Hälfte noch interessanter als in der zweiten... Der Irrsinn fing meiner Meinung nach noch zu früh an. Einige Dinge machen aber auch keinen Sinn, was wahrscheinlich dem Schreibtempo des Autors geschuldet.
Für mich liest es sich sehr wie ein Zeitdokument. Es trieft von den Konventionen und vorherrschenden Meinungen der 1970er in Deutschland.
Als Flugzeuglektüre geeignet... empfehlen würde ich es nur bedingt (Trigger-Warnings beachten!).
February 8, 2025
tinha potencial, mas a cerca de 80% do livro, acelerou o plot e acabou tão aleatoriamente, que me esqueço das partes (minimamente) boas que este livro teve, que desilusão
March 10, 2014
avventura ed un pizzico di sesso
July 19, 2016
Um livro fácil de se ler e com alguma qualidade, se bem que Konsalik já me tinha habituado a melhor...
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