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| Original Title: | De Fordömtes Legion |
| ISBN: | 0304366315 (ISBN13: 9780304366316) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Legion of the Damned #1 |
Sven Hassel
Paperback | Pages: 256 pages Rating: 4 | 3229 Users | 135 Reviews
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Sven Hassel's iconic war novel about the Russian Front.'An extraordinary book, which has captured the attention of all of Europe' - New York Times
'Legion of the Damned is an incredible picture of totalitarianism, of stupefying injustice... He is graphic, at times brilliantly so, but never brutal or bitter. He is, too, a first rate storyteller' - Washington Post
Convicted of deserting the German army, Sven Hassel is sent to a penal regiment on the Russian Front. He and his comrades are regarded as expendable, cannon fodder in the battle against the implacable Red Army. Outnumbered and outgunned, they fight their way across the frozen steppe...
This iconic anti-war novel is a testament to the atrocities suffered by the lone soldier in the fight for survival.
Sven Hassel's unflinching narrative is based on his own experiences in the German Army. He began writing his first novel, Legion of the Damned in a prisoner of war camp at the end of World War Two.
Details Of Books Legion of the Damned (Legion of the Damned #1)
| Title | : | Legion of the Damned (Legion of the Damned #1) |
| Author | : | Sven Hassel |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 256 pages |
| Published | : | August 14th 2003 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (first published January 1st 1953) |
| Categories | : | War. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Military Fiction |
Rating Of Books Legion of the Damned (Legion of the Damned #1)
Ratings: 4 From 3229 Users | 135 ReviewsWrite Up Of Books Legion of the Damned (Legion of the Damned #1)
1st - ?? ???? ????! Sto scandagliando il fondo di ogni ricordo onde anobizzare ogni libro possibile, attingo alla vecchia passione liceale per l'odissea di Sven Hassel attraverso l'Europa. Questo � il primo di quattordici, gli altri compariranno se e quando mi ricorder� qualcosa. Questo l'ho riletto. Hassel (cittadino danese) fin� coscritto per varie vicissitudini non esclusa la fame, nell'esercito tedesco. Sfamatosi di cibo ma saziatosi presto di farsi mandare ammazzato, diserta. Mal glieneFirst read this about 25 years ago when I went through a period of reading a bunch of Sven Hassel books. Now they've reissued them I thought I'd read it again.There seems to be a bit of confusion over how much of his books are autobiographical and how much "based on events" or just plain made up. From what I can gather this is the most autobiographical of the lot though and the first one he wrote.An antiwar book that shows how he was brutalised and in turn found moments of humanity in the
It is a must read novel for as many people as possible, especially for the ones that did not participated in any war. Its purpose is to spoil the heroic vision regarding wars and to show that there is nothing good in such an action. Perhaps the human kind would avoid in the future such events if as many as possible people would read similar books. In this context it makes no sense to discuss anything about style or literary value. The book must have 5 star rating.My copy of this book is in
It gives you a greater understanding about life in general and about people and what we can do if the environment forces us to adapt. In the end it doesn't matter if you're German, Russian, American, Syrian or Nepalese we should all do everything in our power to stop war from ever happening.
At first as i started to read this i did not know it was an autobiography, the book started out good, but when it hit dialogue heavy "romantic" parts, to call it boring would be being kind. For it was painful to read. The dialogues were so stale and akward that it felt unnatural. But as it dawned on me, just what it was i was reading, that it was indeed an autobiography, as i rememberd that the book itself was written while Sven Hassel sat in a Prisoner of War prison for treachery against the
This is a anti-war Story. A great anti war Story.I was reluctant to buy this book in the first place, as the cover designs of many other Versions gave me the Impression that this is some Kind of nazi Propaganda book.But this is as far from the truth as possible.We follow the Story of Sven who is fighting with his comrades on different fronts in WWII - main Focus is not on the description of various battle Scenes but the intense emotions, Motivation and deep thoughts of the soldiers.More than
This was considerably better than I anticipated. The Sven Hassel books were very popular in Britain in the early '70s. They all had very lurid covers with the SS of Hassel shown in the German SS font. I assumed these books would be all violence and derring-do. While there is quite a bit of that, there is also much humour (some of it almost Wodehousian) and serious, sometimes disturbing descriptions of life and warfare under the Nazi regime. I know that there is debate about just how much of
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