Skeletons at the Feast
of Chris Bohjalian (Goodreads Author)
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In January 1945, in the waning months of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives: an attempt to cross the remnants of the Third Reich, from Warsaw to the Rhine if necessary, to reach the British and American lines.Among the group is eighteen-year-old Anna Emmerich, the daughter of Prussian aristocrats. There is her lover, Callum Finella, a twenty-year-old Scottish prisoner of war who was brought from the stalag to her familyâs farm as forced labor. And there is a twenty-six-year-old Wehrmacht corporal, who the pair know as Manfredâwho is, in reality, Uri Singer, a Jew from Germany who managed to escape a train bound for Auschwitz.As they work their way west, they encounter a countryside ravaged by war. Their flight will test both Annaâs and Callumâs love, as well as their friendship with Manfredâassuming any of them even survive. Perhaps not since The English Patient has a novel so deftly captured both the power and poignancy of romance and the terror and tragedy of war. Skillfully portraying the flesh and blood of history, Chris Bohjalian has crafted a rich tapestry that puts a face on one of the twentieth centuryâs greatest tragediesâwhile creating, perhaps, a masterpiece that will haunt readers for generations.
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- Format Hardcover
- Pages 372 pages
- Publisher Crown
- Publication Date May 6th 2008
- First Publication 10/29/08
- Language English
- ISBN 9780307394958
- Edition Not informed
- Category Other
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