000			02176cam a2200337M 4500
001			ocn990027992
003			OCoLC
005			20190311161126.0
008			170616s2018 xx 000 0 eng d
020			_a1786690624
020			_a9781786690623
035			_a(OCoLC)990027992
040			_aYDX _beng _cYDX
100			_aGerlach, Heinrich, _938053 _d1908-1991, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aBreakthrough at Stalingrad / _cHeinrich Gerlach.
260			_a[S.l.] : _bHEAD OF ZEUS, _c2018.
300			_a720 pages; _b22.8 cm.
520			_aCaptured by the Soviets after the Battle of Stalingrad in 1943, Heinrich Gerlach wrote a novel based on his experiences. In 1949, however, the KGB confiscated his 600-page manuscript. Gerlach returned to Germany in 1950, and, under hypnosis, recalled parts of his narrative. In 1957, it was published under the title The Forsaken Army and became a bestseller. In 2011 Carsten Gansel, an academic, made a sensational find in a Moscow archive: the original manuscript of Gerlach's novel. Breakthrough at Stalingrad differs sharply in tone from the novel published in 1957. Here, a coruscating emphasis on German war crimes and the author's feelings of guilt form a descant to his narrative of the battle and reflections on the pointlessness of war. Breakthrough at Stalingrad includes an appendix by Carsten Gansel, telling the story behind both the 1957 edition of the novel and discovery of its original version. After 70 years, a classic of 20th-century war literature can be enjoyed in its original version.
650		0	_938054 _aWorld War, 1939-1945 _vFiction. _zSoviet Union
650		0	_94399 _aWar crimes _vFiction
650		0	_933879 _aWorld War, 1939-1945 _vPersonal narratives, German.
650		0	_938055 _aPrisoners of war _vFiction.
650		0	_938056 _aPrisoners of war _vFiction. _zGermany
650		0	_938057 _aStalingrad, Battle of, Volgograd, Russia, 1942-1943 _vFiction.
651		0	_938058 _aVolgograd (Russia) _vFiction.
655		0	_92303 _aAutobiographical fiction.
655		0	_9418 _aWar stories.
700			_938059 _aGansel, Carsten, _eauthor.
942			_2ddc _cFIC
948			_hHELD BY NZWMT - 2 OTHER HOLDINGS
999			_c40768 _d40768