Robert Junior never knew the father he was named for, an American G.I. who was captured during the Battle of the Bulge and fell briefly into the arms of a Belgian nurse. Growing up with his mother in the lush forests of the Ardennes, Robert turns for guidance to his godfather, Markus Hebel, a Belgian who served in the German army in Russia. Breaking the silence around his painful past, Markus speaks of the consequences and madness of war - of the son he lost at Stalingrad and the courage of the men who tried to free the trapped German soldiers with a desperate charge across the frozen steppe. In so doing, Markus reveals a secret he has kept since the war, and a doubt that has gnawed at him for twenty years. Did he, a lowly radio operator, waste a chance to save an entire army from annihilation?
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Maclehose Press, Quercus Publishing
ISBN-10
0857053078
ISBN-13
9780857053077
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209222988
Product Key Features
Author
Roy Jacobsen
Format
Trade Paperback (Uk), Paperback
Language
English
Subject
War Fiction
Dimensions
Weight
386g
Height
233mm
Width
193mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
London
Spine
22mm
Translated by
DON Bartlett,DON Shaw
Author Biography
Roy Jacobsen has twice been nominated for the Nordic Council's Literary Award: for Seierherrene in 1991, and Frost in 2003, and in 2009 he was shortlisted for the Dublin Impac Award for his novel The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles.