Forgotten Soldier (Great War Stories) - Hardcover

Sajer, Guy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0933852827 ISBN 13: 9780933852822

Publisher: Nautical & Aviation Pub Co of Amer, 1988

Synopsis

This is the horror of World War II on the Eastern Front, as seen through the eyes of a teenaged German soldier. At first an exciting adventure, young Sajer's war becomes, as the German invasion falters in the icy vastness of the Ukraine, a simple, desperate struggle for survival against cold, hunger, and above all the terrifying Soviet artillery. As a member of the elite Gross Deutschland Division, he fought in all the great battles, from Kursk to Kharkov.

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Review:

Sajer is blunt in explaining his reason for sharing his experiences: to reanimate, with all the intensity I can summon, those distant cries from the slaughterhouse. He succeeds in doing just that. . . . This book will remain relevant because it explores the psychology of the soldier at war.

"May well be accorded equal respect with "War and Peace " as the masterpiece reporting war s reality."

"I don t think that anyone who reads [it] to the end will ever forget it."

"May be the book about World War II which has been so long awaited."

"A work of soul."

"Eloquent . . . powerful . . . Critics have likened it to "All Quiet on the Western Front"."

"Transcends language and nationality to address the human race."

"Few memoirs can compare with this work in range of feeling, depths of self-analysis, or vivid recounting of combat. This exception book is highly recommended."

"Must be read. . . . An enduring indictment of the evil of war and what it does to man."

"May well be accorded equal respect with War and Peace as the masterpiece reporting war's reality."--David Douglas Duncan, photojournalist and author of This is War! and War Without Heroes

--David Douglas Duncan (06/05/2017)

Book Description:

The powerful chronicle of a young German soldier trapped in the vast, faceless anonymity of total war, hailed as the most powerful indictment of war since ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT.

About this edition

• Publisher: Nautical & Aviation Pub Co of Amer
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0933852827
• ISBN 13: 9780933852822
• Binding: Hardcover