| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
983 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
Max is an intellectual steeped in philosophy, literature, and classical music. He is also a cold-blooded assassin and the consummate bureaucrat. Through the eyes of this cultivated yet monstrous man, we experience in disturbingly precise detail the horrors of the Second World War and the Nazi genocide of the Jews. During the period from June 1941 through April 1945, Max is posted to Poland, the Ukraine, and the Caucasus; he is present at the Battle of Stalingrad and at Auschwitz; and he lives through the chaos of the final days of the Nazi regime in Berlin. Although Max is a totally imagined character, his world is peopled by real historical figures, such as Eichmann, Himmler, Göring, Speer, Heyrich, Höss, and Hitler himself. |
| Awards |
Prix Goncourt, 2006. |
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Grand Prix du roman, 2006. |
| Subject |
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel -- Fiction.
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Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Einsatzgruppen des Sicherheitsdienstes und der Sicherheitspolizei -- Fiction.
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Nazis -- Fiction.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Fiction.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Fiction.
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Bisexual men -- Germany -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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| Added Author |
Mandell, Charlotte. Translator.
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| Added Title |
Bienveillantes. English
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| ISBN |
9780061353451 |
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0061353450 |
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