Kindly Ones, The: A Novel - Softcover

Littell, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061353469 ISBN 13: 9780061353468

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2013

Synopsis

"Simply astounding. . . . The Kindly Ones is unmistakably the work of a profoundly gifted writer." -- Time

A literary prize-winner that has been an explosive bestseller all over the world, Jonathan Littell's The Kindly Ones has been called "a brilliant Holocaust novel... a world-class masterpiece of astonishing brutality, originality, and force," and "relentlessly fascinating, ambitious beyond scope," by Michael Korda (Ike, With Wings Like Eagles). Destined to join the pantheon of classic epics of war such as Tolstoy's War and Peace and Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate, The Kindly Ones offers a profound and gripping experience of the horrors of World War II and the Holocaust.

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Review:

"A world-class masterpiece of astonishing brutality, originality, and force."--The Daily Beast

"An extraordinarily powerful novel.... Above all, it is a sophisticated exploration of issues of morality, evil and luck... The novel as a whole brilliantly shows how 'ordinary men' become killers."--The Observer (London)

"The meticulously realistic main plot of The Kindly Ones is brilliantly organized and written..."--BookForum

"An alternately fascinating and impressively researched novel. . . . Its feverish voice is weirdly mesmerizing, the scope awesome."--Newark Star Ledger

"The force and clarity with which Littell renders the physical realities of war and mass murder are simply astounding. . . . The Kindly Ones is unmistakably the work of a profoundly gifted writer."--Time magazine

"Unquestionably brilliant...Littell is a gifted writer and what he achieves...is unparalleled...The novel [is] scrupulous in its period details and...generous in its scope"--The Nation

"A great work of literary fiction, to which readers and scholars will turn for decades to come."--Antony Beevor, The Times (London)

Book Description:

With its brilliant, frightening, furious, apocalyptic vision, The Kindly Ones is a literary tour de force, winner of the Prix Goncourt and other prizes and already an explosive bestseller across Europe, selling over 1 million copies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0061353469
• ISBN 13: 9780061353468
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 994