Faustrecht

by Gert Ledig

1946, Munich, occupe par les troupes amricaines. Une ville fantme o rgnent la pnurie et la confusion. Robert et son ami Edel, un peintre invalide aux mains brises pendant la guerre, survivent dans un atelier dlabr au milieu des ruines. 'ambiance est crpusculaire - la catastrophe a eu lieu. Tant bien que mal, cinq jeunes gens essaient de refaire surface, entre tentation terroriste et dsillusion. Superbe roman d'une gnration sacrifie, Aprs-guerre rsonne d'une criante modernit.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1957

About the author

Gert Ledig was born in Leipzig and grew up in Vienna. At the age of 18 he volunteered for the army, and was wounded at the battle of Leningrad in 1942. He later reworked his experiences in the book, 'The Stalin Organ'. Switching between the German and Russian lines, Ledig brings us the experience of war from both sides of the conflict. Gert Ledig describes in horrifying detail the graphic and resourceful violence that maims and kills soldiers. In 'The Stalin Organ' Ledig has written an absolutely authentic and powerful account of the horrors encountered in war.