Sven Hassel
Birth date: April 19, 1917
Died: September 21, 2012
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3.5 starsHassel and his comrades in the 27th Penal Regiment continue fighting on the Eastern Front.Well told, with a good mix of characters.The original members of the regiment are jaded and cynical, while the people away from the front see them as nothing more than fodder.Lots of action, with some ...
Evidently, I adore this book also, as I do all of Hassel's. I think it's amazing how he is able to describe a bloody, cruel scene with such macabre details, and still make it seem philosophy. So much entertainment, but it's still trying to teach you some life lessons!
I'm just hooked to Hassel's books. I like the explicit language and the way human character is put to tryouts in his books. Just amazing!
I have read this book about 4 times, at large time intervals, and it still has the same powerful impression on me. I admire the story itself beacuse of it's cruelty to the reader, who is spared of nothing.. I think it's an amazing window through which we can see one small, really really small part o...