Eine faustische Geschichte, eine fiktionale Erinnerung eines ehemaligen SS Offiziers, der sich als Familienmensch und Fabrikbesitzer im Nachkriegsfrankreich niedergelassen hat.

Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Littell Klappentext A controversial novel about a fictionalised figure, a family man and factory owner in post-war France who was a former SS officer and active participant in Nazi atrocities looking back on his life with a dispassionate eye. 'An extraordinarily powerful novel that leads the stunned reader on a journey through some of the darkest recesses of European history' "Observer" Zusammenfassung Dr Max Aue is a family man and owner of a lace factory in post-war France. He was an observer and then a participant in Nazi atrocities on the Eastern Front, he was present at the siege of Stalingrad, at the death camps, and finally caught up in the overthrow of the Nazis and the nightmarish fall of Berlin.

Vorwort
Brilliant, frightening, furious, apocalyptic: The Kindly Ones is a literary tour de force and an explosive bestseller across Europe, selling over 1 million copies.

Autorentext

Jonathan Littell

Klappentext

A controversial novel about a fictionalised figure, a family man and factory owner in post-war France who was a former SS officer and active participant in Nazi atrocities looking back on his life with a dispassionate eye. 'An extraordinarily powerful novel that leads the stunned reader on a journey through some of the darkest recesses of European history' "Observer"

Zusammenfassung
Dr Max Aue is a family man and owner of a lace factory in post-war France. He was an observer and then a participant in Nazi atrocities on the Eastern Front, he was present at the siege of Stalingrad, at the death camps, and finally caught up in the overthrow of the Nazis and the nightmarish fall of Berlin.