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Franz is an average german kid growing up during world war i. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. This name change was deliberate to ensure that the character is not automatically viewed as being some sort of villain or demon. The novel does not leave behind the image of a perpetrator as one would secretly wish. See all books authored by robert merle, including malevil, and the day of the dolphin, and more on. Chronicle of a death foretold by gabriel garcia marquez book. Robert merle was born on august 28, 1908 in tebessa, constantine, france. If this is a man by primo levi also titled survival in auschwitz in some editions is another mustread firstperson account. Read online the death trade and download the death trade book full in pdf formats. Robert merle was born in tebessa, algeria, then a french colony. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to. This engaging summary presents an analysis of death is my trade by robert merle, a brilliant novel in which the author, inspired by his own experience of imprisonment in germany and the accounts of the nuremberg trials, chooses to look at the horror of the death camps from the. Drama podle stejnojmenneho, svetoznameho romanu roberta merleho, ktere zachycuje zivot rudolfa langa ve skutecnosti rudolfa hosse, ktery behem sveho pusobeni v koncentracnich taborech dohlizel na smrt nespoctu lidi.
It provides a thorough exploration of the novels plot, characters and main themes, including duty, the holocaust and nazism. With gotz george, elisabeth schwarz, kurt hubner, hans korte. Robert merle books list of books by author robert merle. It is based on the memoirs of the commandant of the auschwitz death camp during world war ii, rudolf ho. Death is my trade is a french fictionalised biographical novel. Death is my trade by robert merle book analysis on apple books. Robert merle is currently considered a single author.
Like the novel, the film is partly based on interrogation records of the trial against rudolf ho. An intriguing psychological portrait, this novel highlights the danger of notions like duty, honor, and loyalty to ones superiors. Death is my trade by robert merle book cover, description, publication history. There he attended lycee and the sorbonne, where he earned a doctorate in english literature with a dissertation on oscar wilde. There is some foxing to the page ends, but the pages remain sharp and bright. It does not describe a sadistic beast acting out of pure murderous lust and psychopathic insanity. Death is my trade by robert merle by anne crochet robert merle.
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