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Il Sergente Nella Neve (1953)

by Mario Rigoni Stern(Favorite Author)

4.03 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

880619304X (ISBN13: 9788806193041)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Einaudi

review 1: È spaventoso e affascinante insieme come la descrizione delle atrocità accadute realmente non ha mai bisogno di parole ridondanti,costruzioni elaborate,colpi di scena o elucubrazioni sentimentali o filosofiche. Come gli altri racconti fatti in prima persona dai sopravvissuti a esperienze che a stento riusciamo a immaginare sopportabili da un essere umano,anche questo scorre sull'onda di una durezza glaciale e di una spietatezza quasi chirurgica che ci lasciano vuoti e inorriditi,quasi anestetizzati, durante tutta la lettura. Solo al termine riusciamo a rientrare in un'ottica "umana" e a sentire in pieno l'enormità dell'orrore a cui abbiamo "assistito" indirettamente e a provare il dolore e la pietà che esso merita.
review 2: I was looking for something to r... moreival Guy Sajer's account of surviving the Russian Front in WW2 (The Forgotten Soldier) and found this book. I can't say it is what I was looking for; Sajer's book is both fantastic at describing the emotions felt during his tour of duty and also the fighting he went through. Sajer writes methodically like you would expect a soldier in the German army to do. The Sergeant in the Snow, on the other hand, is written in a very different style -- which makes sense. Stern and his men are Italian soldiers, and they talk like them and think like them. His writing style is more poetic, but it still drives home a general idea of how thoroughly tiring and futile everything must have felt. He endured the same things as all soldiers on that front: extreme cold, hunger, and exhaustion. He passes time dreaming of being back home and sipping on wine. He talks a lot of the men he leads -- the "Alpini" -- and his fondness for each of them, and of course their losses. His convoy is composed of Germans and he has a few anecdotes about them as well as the Russians he's attempting to flee. It's a different perspective and the fluidity of the book makes it an easy, quick read less

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