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A Meal in Winter
Hubert Mingarelli
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Description for A Meal in Winter
Paperback. A miniature masterpiece, this is the spare, stunning story of three soldiers who share a meal with their Jewish prisoner and face a chilling choice Translator(s): Taylor, Sam. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FJMS; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 108.
One morning, in the dead of winter, three German soldiers head out into the frozen Polish countryside. They have been charged by their commanders to track down and bring 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 as each man is forced ... Read more
One morning, in the dead of winter, three German soldiers head out into the frozen Polish countryside. They have been charged by their commanders to track down and bring 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 as each man is forced ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846275364
SKU
V9781846275364
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Ref
99-10
About Hubert Mingarelli
HUBERT MINGARELLI is the author of numerous novels, short story collections and fiction for young adults. His book Quatre soldats ([Four Soldiers], Le Seuil, 2003) won the Prix de Médicis. He lives in Grenoble. SAM TAYLOR is a translator, novelist and journalist. His translated works include Laurent Binet's award-winning novel HHhH. His own novels have been translated in ... Read more
Reviews for A Meal in Winter
The most moving book I have read for a long time... Mingarelli's spare language is well suited to this luminous tale... he accomplishes a great deal
Peter Carty
Independent on Sunday
The "banality of evil" finds beautiful, spare expression in this remarkable novella
Ian McEwan A masterpiece
Independent
In its modest duration and economical ... Read more
Peter Carty
Independent on Sunday
The "banality of evil" finds beautiful, spare expression in this remarkable novella
Ian McEwan A masterpiece
Independent
In its modest duration and economical ... Read more