{"product_id":"we-germans-book-alexander-starritt-9780316429801","title":"We Germans","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A letter from a German soldier to his grandson recounts the terrors of war on the Eastern Front, and a postwar ordinary life in search of atonement, in this \"raw, visceral, and propulsive\" novel (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eEditors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eIn the throes of the Second World War, young Meissner, a college student with dreams of becoming a scientist, is drafted into the German army and sent to the Eastern Front. But soon his regiment collapses in the face of the onslaught of the Red Army, hell-bent on revenge in its race to Berlin. Many decades later, now an old man reckoning with his past, Meissner pens a letter to his grandson explaining his actions, his guilt as a Nazi participator, and the difficulty of life after war.\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eFound among his effects after his death, the letter is at once a thrilling story of adventure and a questing rumination on the moral ambiguity of war. In his years spent fighting the Russians and attempting afterward to survive the Gulag, Meissner recounts a life lived in perseverance and atonement. Wracked with shame--both for himself and for Germany--the grandfather explains his dark rationale, exults in the courage of others, and blurs the boundaries of right and wrong.\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eWe Germans\u003c\/i\u003e complicates our most steadfast beliefs and seeks to account for the complicity of an entire country in the perpetration of heinous acts. In this breathless and page-turning story, Alexander Starritt also presents us with a deft exploration of the moral contradictions inherent in saving one's own life at the cost of the lives of others and asks whether we can ever truly atone.\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49541240684817,"sku":"GOR012993382","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49758557929745,"sku":"CIN0316429805G","price":4.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50493910778129,"sku":"CIN0316429805VG","price":4.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51001013109009,"sku":"NIN9780316429801","price":32.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52939968512273,"sku":"GOR014661979","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":53133918765329,"sku":"CIN0316429805A","price":4.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0316429805.jpg?v=1750941229","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/we-germans-book-alexander-starritt-9780316429801","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}