Bibliograph

A meal in winter, a novel of world war II

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A meal in winter, a novel of world war II

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

A meal in winter

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

a novel of world war II

Summary

This timeless short novel begins one morning in the dead of winter, during the darkest years of World War II, with three German soldiers heading out into the frozen Polish countryside. They have been charged by their commanders with tracking down and bringing back for execution "one of them"-a Jew. Having flushed out a young man hiding in the woods, they decide to rest in an abandoned house before continuing their journey back to the camp. As they prepare food, they are joined by a passing Pole whose virulent anti-Semitism adds tension to an already charged atmosphere. Before long, the group's sympathies begin to splinter when each man is forced to confront his own conscience as the moral implications of their murderous mission become clear

Target audience

adult

Classification