Details Regarding Books Spark of Life: A Novel of Resistance
| Title | : | Spark of Life: A Novel of Resistance |
| Author | : | Erich Maria Remarque |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 424 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 2014 by Random House Trade Paperbacks (first published 1952) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Classics. Historical. Historical Fiction. War. European Literature. German Literature. World War II. Holocaust |
Erich Maria Remarque
Paperback | Pages: 424 pages Rating: 4.49 | 3682 Users | 147 Reviews
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SPARK OF LIFE 509 is a political prisoner in a German concentration camp. For ten years, he has persevered in the most hellish conditions. Deathly weak, he still has his wits about him and he senses that the end of the war is near. If he and the other living corpses in his barracks can hold on for liberation--or force their own--then their suffering will not have been in vain. Now the SS who run the camp are ratcheting up the terror. But their expectations are jaded and their defenses are down. It is possible that the courageous, yet terribly weak prisoners have just enough left in them to resist. And if they die fighting, they will die on their own terms, cheating the Nazis out of their devil's contract.
Present Books Toward Spark of Life: A Novel of Resistance
| Original Title: | Der Funke Leben |
| ISBN: | 0449912515 (ISBN13: 9780449912515) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating Regarding Books Spark of Life: A Novel of Resistance
Ratings: 4.49 From 3682 Users | 147 ReviewsPiece Regarding Books Spark of Life: A Novel of Resistance
This book... Oh, my God this book... I am shattered into little pieces. I loved it with every part of my heart. The whole plot was so perfectly written and told that I could not do anything else but be intimidated to read further and understand what will happen next. Such a heart felt story, and indeed a very powerful one. The scenes were harsh most of the times, but then we must expect that because this book is set in a concentration camp during World War II. It deals a lot with death, but whatRemarque left me speechless ... again. Can't even write a review.
Remarque is certainly not a light read, but a very readable one. One thing about him that I find most interesting is the way he shows human adaptability - the everyday life in situations most people would not even begin to imagine. Be it the front in WW I or longterm prisoners in a concentration camp, even the worst things do end up shaping some kind of routine around them, no matter how terrible, and humans seem to grow used to things that they would not be able to imagine in normal
Spark of LifeRemarque knows how to transcribe a dramatic era with a clear and simple style. So, yes, they are dated books, but that's what makes it so good. A beautiful novel.
We all know about what happened in WWII and what happened in the concentration camps...but this shocked me anyway. This book is about the prisoners inside a concentration camp and the spark of life that keeps them going.
Spark of Life is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, which appeared both in German (as Der Funke Leben) and in English in 1952. Remarque was a German author who created many works, with his best-known novel being All Quiet on the Western Front. One of the first things I wondered about Remarque was why his middle name was Maria, it seemed such an odd name to be given to a boy, then I read that he was born Erich Paul Remark and changed his middle name in memory of his mother and reverted to the
Never Forget. This book of historical fiction was an eye opening to the terrible horror the 'holocaust ' was to millions of people. (Lower case for emphasis). Having friends who's parents survived made this an even more impressive read. NEVER FORGET. JM
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