The kindly ones : a novel
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Published
New York : Harper, c2009.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780061353451 (hardcover), 9780061724473 (international ed.), 0061724475 (international ed.), 0061353450
Physical Desc
983 pages ; 24 cm.
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Santa Maria Public Library - Adult Fiction | FIC LITTEL 2009 | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Harper, c2009.
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
ISBN
9780061353451 (hardcover), 9780061724473 (international ed.), 0061724475 (international ed.), 0061353450
Notes
General Note
Originally published as: Les beinveillantes. Paris : Éditions Gallimard, 2006.
Description
Fictional memoir of Dr. Max Aue, a former Nazi officer who survived the war and has reinvented himself, many years later, as a middle-class entrepreneur and family man in northern France. 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 the horrors of the Second World War and the Nazi genocide of the Jews in graphic, disturbingly precise detail from the dark and disturbing point of view of the executioner rather than the victim. 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, at Auschwitz and Cracow; he visits occupied Paris and 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, Goring, Speer, Heydrich, Hoss, and Hitler himself.
Awards
Prix Goncourt, 2006.
Awards
Grand Prix du roman, 2006.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Bisexual men -- Germany -- Fiction.
Historical fiction
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Fiction.
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. -- Einsatzgruppen des Sicherheitsdienstes und der Sicherheitspolizei -- Fiction.
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. -- Schutzstaffel -- Fiction.
Nazis -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Fiction.
Historical fiction
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Fiction.
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. -- Einsatzgruppen des Sicherheitsdienstes und der Sicherheitspolizei -- Fiction.
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. -- Schutzstaffel -- Fiction.
Nazis -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Fiction.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Littell, J., & Mandell, C. (2009). The kindly ones: a novel . Harper.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Littell, Jonathan, 1967- and Charlotte. Mandell. 2009. The Kindly Ones: A Novel. Harper.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Littell, Jonathan, 1967- and Charlotte. Mandell. The Kindly Ones: A Novel Harper, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Littell, Jonathan, and Charlotte Mandell. The Kindly Ones: A Novel Harper, 2009.
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