The German Woman
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.19 (662 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0547055226 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Loyalties?" according to Cynthia. As an American I always find what the British went through in World War II a bit fantastical. This book reminded me of that. In fact the best part of the book was making those years in Britain come alive. There was constant terror, anticipation of lossboth loss of your own life or your loved ones, the importance of food, of a warm bath. And worst of all, perhaps, not knowing who to trust. Who was loyal to the UK and who wasn't? Even doubting your own motives at times. Trying to do the best thing, act on your higher impulses as t. "A finely constructed, beautifully written novel about the moral complexities of life and survival in wartime" according to CityGirl. Intense content, vivid imagery and meticulous research. The book is rich in historical detail and immerses the reader in two wartime periods: post-WWI in occupied Germany, and end of WW2 during the bombings of London.The first part of the book forcefully describes the chaotic and surreal nature of events as home forces retreat and foreign forces occupy; the post-war period of starvation and the desolation it brings; the demoralizing arrogance of occupying forces; and the daily bartering of goods and soul needed to survive.The se. Mysterious and Deeply Haunting: A Gem of a Book Erika Borsos Paul Griner skillfully writes a mysterious story filled with haunting realism about two individuals who become lovers each of whom had lived what seemed a lifetime before they met. Their lives are complicated by their past histories which proves they are survivors but it also creates conflicts which may become their undoing in the end. The author's sparse prose is strikingly sharp and direct, creating a jarring tension and exciting anticipation in the reader who expects some malevolent force to enter like a cold wind on a dark w
M. The German Woman was partly inspired by an E. Forster quote: “If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.”
All rights reserved. Fans of Graham Greene or Alan Furst will want to take a look. It begins with Kate Zweig, a nurse, working at a crumbling field hospital in Prussia with her doctor husband. In truth, he has been recruited as a spy for Britain. (June)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Publishers Weekly Griner's second novel (after Collectors) is a gritty, unsentimental story of love and loyalty played out across Europe during the two World Wars. Jump to WWII London, where Claus, aka Charles Murphy, an American filmmaker of Irish and German lineage, serves as a neighborhood warden while ostensibly working for the British Ministry of Information. Or has he? Claus meets Kate in Hyde Park, and thereafter Griner knits together a multifarious plot that calls into question collaboration versus loyalty: to homeland, to humanity, to family and to lovers. Shortly, their hospital is destroyed by Russian soldiers during WWI, and
This riveting war story introduces us to beautiful Kate Zweig, the English widow of a German surgeon, and Claus Murphy, an exiled American with German rootstwo lovers with complicated loyalties.In 1918, Kate and her husband,Horst, are taken for spies by Russian soldiers and forced to flee their field hospital on the eastern front, barely escaping with their lives. As the war hurtles to a violent end, Claus must define where his own loyalties lie, whether he can make a difference in the warand what might be gained by taking a leap of faith with Kate.Echoing Pat Barker’s spare power and Sebastian Faulks’s sweeping historical sagas, and reminiscent of the haunting romance of Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient, The German Woman takes us inside the two world wars that defined the twentieth century and the hidden histories of two unforgettable charac