Produktdetails
- Verlag
- Random House UK Ltd
- Erschienen
- 2013
- Sprache
- English
- Seiten
- 336
- Infos
- 336 Seiten
198 mm x 131 mm - ISBN
- 978-0-09-955564-3
Besprechung
[An] extraordinary true story... made still better by the way in which Laurent Binet weaves in his own exploits as researcher and detective to uncover the truth Week
Kurztext / Annotation
An astonishing, unforgettable novel: a thrilling Second World War assassination plot told with rare literary brilliance.
Langtext
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
Two men have been enlisted to kill the head of the Gestapo. This is Operation Anthropoid, Prague, 1942: two Czechoslovakian parachutists sent on a daring mission by London to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich - chief of the Nazi secret services, 'the hangman of Prague', 'the blond beast', 'the most dangerous man in the Third Reich'. His boss is Heinrich Himmler but everyone in the SS says 'Himmler's brain is called Heydrich', which in German spells HHhH.
HHhH is a panorama of the Third Reich told through the life of one outstandingly brutal man, a story of unbearable heroism and loyalty, revenge and betrayal. It is a moving and shattering work of fiction.
Laurent Binet's highly anticipated new novel, The Seventh Function of Language, is available for pre-order now...
Beschreibung für Leser
Nominiert: national Book Critics Circle Fiction Award, 2013.
Ausgezeichnet: Publishers Publicity Circle: Hardback Fiction Award, 2013.
Nominiert: Bookseller Industry Awards: Publicity Campaign of the Year, 2013.
Nominiert: Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, 2013.
Nominiert: IBW Book Award, 2013.
Nominiert: Oxford Wiedenfeld Translation Prize, 2013
Über den AutorIn
Laurent Binet lives and works in France. His first novel, HHhH, was an international bestseller which won the prestigious Prix Goncourt du premier roman, among other prizes. The 7th Function of Language won the Prix de la FNAC and Prix Interallié. Civilisations is a bestseller that has won the Grand Prix de l'Académie française. Sam Taylor is an award-winning literary translator and novelist. He has translated more than 60 books from French including Laurent Binet's HHhH and Leila Slimani's Lullaby.