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The Year Is '42
by Nella Bielski | Literature & Fiction
Registered by wingmulligans-barwing of Amsterdam, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Sunday, April 05, 2009
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status (set by Lukutoukka): to be read


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Journal Entry 1 by wingmulligans-barwing from Amsterdam, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Sunday, April 05, 2009

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have fun... 

Journal Entry 2 by wingmulligans-barwing at OBCZ Mulligans bar in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Sunday, April 05, 2009

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Released 3 yrs ago (4/1/2009 UTC) at OBCZ Mulligans bar in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland Netherlands

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on the book shelf in the back 

Journal Entry 3 by wingerpaxwing on Wednesday, April 08, 2009

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I was happy to be able to visit Mulligans Irish bar! Such a nice place by the beautiful Amstel. Actually, it was a very quick visit, my colleagues waiting outside, while I left three books there. I took three books on the basis that they were written in English. I am not sure whether I'll read this book or not. Whatever the case, I will take it to local BCers' meetup someday.

Amazon:
"The year is 1942 and Europe is besieged by war. Germany has defeated most of Europe, is ruling France, and approaching Russia...

Three lives are bound together by destiny, although by all appearances could not be further apart. In occupied Paris, Karl, a German officer, has realised that he can no longer ignore the war. An adventurer and traveller, Karl has always avoided politics for the good life, but lately he has begun to question the regime he serves. In Germany, Hans, a fellow officer and old friend of Karl's, has found a way out of the same dilemma. But he knows - with chilling certainty - that his decision can only lead to death. And in Kiev, where the fighting is at its pitch, Katia, a doctor, tries to hold onto her old life as she waits anxiously for her husband's return from one of Stalin's labour camps." 

Journal Entry 4 by wingerpaxwing on Monday, April 13, 2009

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I began to read this book on April 11th. After reading couple of pages, I found the story to begin at the same date, although in 1942, in the middle of WW2.

Karl Bazinger, one of the main characters, is described to be one of those senior officers of German army, who didn’t accept the Nazi atrocities, but made their business to attenuate them, as best as they could. The novel is divided into three chapters titled on the basis of geographical location. In the first chapter, "The Seine", Karl lives in Paris. He is visited by his old friend and neighbor from Saxony, Hans Bielenberg. It is obvious to Kurt that this visit is not just innocent as Hans, also a Luftwaffe officer, tries to make it seem. In the second chapter, "The Elba", Kurt visits his home and family in Germany. In the last chapter, "The Dnieper", Kurt visits Kiev, in which also the third main character Katia lives.

The war is there all the time but the main focus is on the characters and their personal stories.


 

Journal Entry 5 by Lukutoukka from Tampere, Pirkanmaa Finland on Thursday, April 23, 2009

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This look like an interesting book! :) I took it at our meeting in Tampere today. 



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