The Stalin Front: A Novel of World War II (New York Review Books Classics)
by Ledig, Gert; Hofmann, Michael [Translator]; Hofmann, Michael [Introduction];
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Gert Ledig (1921–1999) was born in Leipzig and grew up in Vienna. At the age of eighteen he volunteered for the army and was wounded at the battle of Leningrad in 1942. He reworked his experiences during the war in this novel Die Stalinorgel (1955). Sent back home, he trained as a naval engineer and was caught in several air raids. The experience never left him and led to the writing of Vergeltung (Payback) (1956). The novel’s reissue in Germany in 1999 heralded a much publicized rediscovery of the author’s work there. Michael Hofmann is a poet. He is the translator of nine books by Joseph Roth and was awarded the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Prize for translating The String of Pearls. He is also the translator of Wolfgang Koeppen’s two novels The Hothouse and A Sad Affair .
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- Title
- The Stalin Front: A Novel of World War II (New York Review Books Classics)
- Author
- Ledig, Gert; Hofmann, Michael [Translator]; Hofmann, Michael [Introduction];
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 777
- ISBN 10
- 1590171640
- ISBN 13
- 9781590171646
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005-08-31
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