TheStalinFrontANovelofWorldWarII

作者 Gert Ledig著Michael Hofmann著
出版社 NewYorkReviewBooks
出版时间 2013年11月
ISBN 9781590171646
定价 118.00

内容简介

1942，attheEasternFront.Soldierscrouchinhorribleholesintheground，minglingwithcorpses.Tunneledbeneatharadiomast，Germansoldiersawaittheordertoblowthemselvesup.Russiantanks，strugglingtobreakthroughenemylines，bogdowninaswamp，whileaGermanrunner，bearingmessagesfromheadquarterstothefront，scramblesdesperatelyfromsheltertoshelterashetriestoavoidgettingcaughtintheaction.Throughitall，Russianartillery—thecrudebutdevastatinglyeffectivemultiplerocketlauncherknowntotheGermansastheStalinOrganandtotheRussiansasKatyusha—rainsdeathuponthestrugglingtroops.ComparabletosuchmasterpiecesofwarliteratureasErnstJünger'sStormofSteelandErichRemarque'sAllQuietontheWesternFront，TheStalinFrontisaharrowing，almostphotographic，descriptionofviolenceanddevastation，onethatbringshometheunforgivingrealityoftotalwar.

作者简介

GertLedig(1921–1999)wasborninLeipzigandgrewupinVienna.AttheageofeighteenhevolunteeredforthearmyandwaswoundedatthebattleofLeningradin1942.HereworkedhisexperiencesduringthewarinthisnovelDieStalinorgel(1955).Sentbackhome,hetrainedasanavalengineerandwascaughtinseveralairraids.TheexperienceneverlefthimandledtothewritingofVergeltung(Payback)(1956).Thenovel’sreissueinGermanyin1999heraldedamuchpublicizedrediscoveryoftheauthor’sworkthere.MichaelHofmannisapoet.HeisthetranslatorofninebooksbyJosephRothandwasawardedthePEN/Book-of-the-MonthClubPrizefortranslatingTheStringofPearls.HeisalsothetranslatorofWolfgangKoeppen’stwonovelsTheHothouseandASadAffair.,,,,

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