Castle Keep - Softcover

Eastlake, W.

3.87

139 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0881844993 ISBN 13: 9780881844993

Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc, 1989

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The theme of this gripping novel set in the Ardennes forest is who and what shall be sacrificed as the Germans overrun this strategic castle in 1944. Each character has his or her own motive for holding out or withdrawing, creating a delicately wrought and pulse-pounding work of fiction.

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Review:

"A surreal small masterpiece about the horrors and grim humours of war" - Time; "a story of war, but not of technical battle, and altogether poetic...far more coherent than Catch 22" - New York Times; "A quite unusual and superb war novel that should appeal to the devotees of Heller's Catch 22, but also to a wider audience, since it is more meaningful and ultimately tragic book." - Choice; "Eastlake's ultimate destination may be classically tragic, but the way to it lies through the twisting corridors of a carnival fun house." - Life"

Book Description:

A novel of almost hallucinatory power, this is one of the undisputed classics of war literature.

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