Ivans War

Vialar Paul [Translated from the French By Philip John Stead]: Destination Berlin, U.K. Staples Press 1956
Very Good

317 pages. Paul Vialar's powerful new novel gives a comprehensive picture of total war. Its scenes range from the Panzer break-through in France and Poland, from the invasion and defence of Russia, to the Normandy beach-heads and the collapse of the Hitler legend. Slowly and with impressive dramatic force this story of the life of our times is unfolded. The five main characters march along the dangerous roads of their separate destinies to meet at the last in the smoking ruins of devastated Berlin. But this is no blurred picture of Ivans and Fritzes and Alphonses. Each man is an individual marked by the society in which he has grown up and possessed by the spirit of his time. The character of Fritz Krieger in particular focuses the German sickness magnificently. But English, French, Russian and American, all are true to life and none is immune from evil, for the book provides an alarming insight into the moral degeneration that is bred by war, in triumph or defeat. The telling is first-rate and the mind behind it strong and understanding. Book Very Good - slight marking to dark blue boards, light browning to endpapers & page edges, contents clean, bright & tightly bound. Dust Jacket - Good+ price clipped - SEE SCAN - strengthened/repaired to verso top of spine with a little loss to front corner, a little wear to other corners. First UK Edition Good Hard Cover

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