The Resource We Germans : a novel, Alexander Starritt
We Germans : a novel, Alexander Starritt
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- Summary
- In the throes of the Second World War, young Meissner, a college student with dreams of becoming a scientist, is drafted into the German army and sent to the Eastern Front. But soon his regiment collapses in the face of the onslaught of the Red Army, hell-bent on revenge in its race to Berlin. Many decades later, now an old man reckoning with his past, Meissner pens a letter to his grandson explaining his actions, his guilt as a Nazi participator, and the difficulty of life after war. Found among his effects after his death, the letter is at once a thrilling story of adventure and a questing rumination on the moral ambiguity of war. In his years spent fighting the Russians and attempting afterward to survive the Gulag, Meissner recounts a life lived in perseverance and atonement. Wracked with shame--both for himself and for Germany--the grandfather explains his dark rationale, exults in the courage of others, and blurs the boundaries of right and wrong
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First North American edition.
- Extent
- 199 pages
- Note
- "Originally published in the United Kingdom by John Murray Press, May 2020"--title page verso
- Isbn
- 9780316429801
- Label
- We Germans : a novel
- Title
- We Germans
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Alexander Starritt
- Subject
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- trueWorld War II veterans
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Germany -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Battlefields -- Germany -- Fiction
- trueDefeat (Military science)
- trueEastern Front (World War II)
- trueGermany
- trueGrandfather and grandson
- Grandparent and child -- Fiction
- trueGuilt in men
- Historical fiction
- History, Modern -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- trueLetters
- Letters -- Fiction
- trueMemories
- trueMurder
- trueNazis
- truePostwar life
- trueRight and wrong
- trueSenior men -- Germany
- trueShame
- trueSurvival
- Veterans -- Germany -- Fiction
- War fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the throes of the Second World War, young Meissner, a college student with dreams of becoming a scientist, is drafted into the German army and sent to the Eastern Front. But soon his regiment collapses in the face of the onslaught of the Red Army, hell-bent on revenge in its race to Berlin. Many decades later, now an old man reckoning with his past, Meissner pens a letter to his grandson explaining his actions, his guilt as a Nazi participator, and the difficulty of life after war. Found among his effects after his death, the letter is at once a thrilling story of adventure and a questing rumination on the moral ambiguity of war. In his years spent fighting the Russians and attempting afterward to survive the Gulag, Meissner recounts a life lived in perseverance and atonement. Wracked with shame--both for himself and for Germany--the grandfather explains his dark rationale, exults in the courage of others, and blurs the boundaries of right and wrong
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- 10921561
- Cataloging source
- MLSOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Starritt, Alexander
- Dewey number
- 833.912
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Grandparent and child
- Interpersonal relations
- Veterans
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Letters
- History, Modern
- Label
- We Germans : a novel, Alexander Starritt
- Note
- "Originally published in the United Kingdom by John Murray Press, May 2020"--title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First North American edition.
- Extent
- 199 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316429801
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)on1183871372
- Label
- We Germans : a novel, Alexander Starritt
- Note
- "Originally published in the United Kingdom by John Murray Press, May 2020"--title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First North American edition.
- Extent
- 199 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316429801
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)on1183871372
Subject
- trueWorld War II veterans
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Germany -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Battlefields -- Germany -- Fiction
- trueDefeat (Military science)
- trueEastern Front (World War II)
- trueGermany
- trueGrandfather and grandson
- Grandparent and child -- Fiction
- trueGuilt in men
- Historical fiction
- History, Modern -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- trueLetters
- Letters -- Fiction
- trueMemories
- trueMurder
- trueNazis
- truePostwar life
- trueRight and wrong
- trueSenior men -- Germany
- trueShame
- trueSurvival
- Veterans -- Germany -- Fiction
- War fiction
Genre
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Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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