{"product_id":"ralf-rothmann-to-die-in-spring","title":"Ralf Rothmann - To Die In Spring (2nd Hand Softback)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner of the HWA Sharpe Gold Crown for Best Historical Novel.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn international bestseller, To Die in Spring is a beautiful and devastating novel of a friendship tragically interrupted by war, by German author Ralf Rothmann.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWalter Urban and Friedrich 'Fiete' Caroli work side by side as hands on a dairy farm in northern Germany. By 1945, it seems the War's worst atrocities are over. When they are forced to 'volunteer' for the SS, they find themselves embroiled in a conflict which is drawing to a desperate, bloody close. Walter is put to work as a driver for a supply unit of the Waffen-SS, while Fiete is sent to the front.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen the senseless bloodshed leads Fiete to desert, only to be captured and sentenced to death, the friends are reunited under catastrophic circumstances.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn a few days the war will be over, millions of innocents will be dead, and the survivors must find a way to live with its legacy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat : Standard 2nd Hand Softback with French Fold Sleeves\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition : Very Good (Almost \u003cstrong\u003eAs New)\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCategory : Fiction - War \u0026amp; Military Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished : 2017 (Picador)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN : 9781509812868\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU : B004117\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePPC : LL300gm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRRP : £8.99\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantity Available : 1 only.\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eExternal Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"To Die in Spring holds its own against Günter Grass and Erich Maria Remarque; it is an excellent work, and one deserving of its wide readership' - \u003c\/em\u003eThe Guardian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A Bosch-like vision of hell. The horror of war and the deep damage it does to people... is not always handled as well, or as powerfully, as this.\" - \u003c\/em\u003eSunday Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A wonderful, precise, very moving novel.\" - \u003c\/em\u003eRoddy Doyle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A remarkable and memorable book, about the nastiness, fear, dirt and brutality of war . . . Few novels, in any language, have conveyed them better.\" - \u003c\/em\u003eCaroline Moorehead, Times Literary Supplement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eThe Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRalf Rothmann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Campsie Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55635303072120,"sku":"B004117","price":3.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2444\/6393\/files\/Ralf-Rothmann-To-Die-In-Spring.jpg?v=1787140602","url":"https:\/\/campsiebooks.com\/products\/ralf-rothmann-to-die-in-spring","provider":"Campsie Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}