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The Resource The turncoat, Siegfried Lenz ; translated from the German by John Cullen

The turncoat, Siegfried Lenz ; translated from the German by John Cullen

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The last summer before the end of World War II, Walter Proska is posted to a small unit tasked with ensuring the safety of a railway line deep in the forest on the border with Ukraine and Byelorussia. In this swampy region, a handful of men--stunned by the heat, attacked by mosquitoes, and abandoned by their own troops in the face of the resistance--must also submit to the increasingly absurd and inhuman orders of their superior. Time passes, and the soldiers isolate themselves, haunted by madness and the desire for death. An encounter with a young Polish partisan, Wanda, makes Proska further doubt the validity of his oath of allegiance, and he seeks to answer the questions that obsess him: When conscience and duty clash, which is more important? Is it possible to take any action without becoming guilty in some way? And where is Wanda, this woman from the resistance he can't forget?
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  • eng
  • ger
  • eng
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370 pages
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  • Translation of: Der Uberlaufer
  • Originally published in German as Der Uberlaufer in 2016 by Hoffmann und Campe Verlag, Hamburg
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9781590510537
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The turncoat
Title
The turncoat
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Siegfried Lenz ; translated from the German by John Cullen
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  • eng
  • ger
  • eng
Summary
The last summer before the end of World War II, Walter Proska is posted to a small unit tasked with ensuring the safety of a railway line deep in the forest on the border with Ukraine and Byelorussia. In this swampy region, a handful of men--stunned by the heat, attacked by mosquitoes, and abandoned by their own troops in the face of the resistance--must also submit to the increasingly absurd and inhuman orders of their superior. Time passes, and the soldiers isolate themselves, haunted by madness and the desire for death. An encounter with a young Polish partisan, Wanda, makes Proska further doubt the validity of his oath of allegiance, and he seeks to answer the questions that obsess him: When conscience and duty clash, which is more important? Is it possible to take any action without becoming guilty in some way? And where is Wanda, this woman from the resistance he can't forget?
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1926-2014
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Lenz, Siegfried
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fiction
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1942-
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Cullen, John
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  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Poland
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The turncoat, Siegfried Lenz ; translated from the German by John Cullen
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Publication
Note
  • Translation of: Der Uberlaufer
  • Originally published in German as Der Uberlaufer in 2016 by Hoffmann und Campe Verlag, Hamburg
Control code
2020001400
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
370 pages
Isbn
9781590510537
Lccn
2020001400
Label
The turncoat, Siegfried Lenz ; translated from the German by John Cullen
Publication
Note
  • Translation of: Der Uberlaufer
  • Originally published in German as Der Uberlaufer in 2016 by Hoffmann und Campe Verlag, Hamburg
Control code
2020001400
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
370 pages
Isbn
9781590510537
Lccn
2020001400

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