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Skeletons at the Feast

by Chris Bohjalian
Mark Bramhall
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In January 1945, in the waning months of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives: an attempt to cross the remnants of the Third Reich, from Warsaw to the Rhine if necessary, to reach the British and American lines.
Among the group is eighteen-year-old Anna Emmerich, the daughter of Prussian aristocrats. There is her lover, Callum Finella, a twenty-year-old Scottish prisoner of war who was brought from the stalag to her family’s farm as forced labor. And there is a twenty-six-year-old Wehrmacht corporal, who the pair know as Manfred–who is, in reality, Uri Singer, a Jew from Germany who managed to escape a train bound for Auschwitz.
As they work their way west, they encounter a countryside ravaged by war. Their flight will test both Anna’s and Callum’s love, as well as their friendship with Manfred–assuming any of them even survive.
Perhaps not since The English Patient has a novel so deftly captured both the power and poignancy of romance and the terror and tragedy of war. Skillfully portraying the flesh and blood of history, Chris Bohjalian has crafted a rich tapestry that puts a face on one of the twentieth century’s greatest tragedies–while creating, perhaps, a masterpiece that will haunt readers for generations.

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    May 6, 2008

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      • ISBN: 9781415948910
      • File size: 350360 KB
      • Duration: 12:09:54

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Chris Bohjalian paints with a darker palette than in previous works, concentrating on life's moral ambiguities. His story takes place in a landscape ravaged by WWII, across which two groups of characters must travel. One group includes female concentration camp survivors on a forced march; the other group--consisting of a Prussian princess, a Scots prisoner of war, and a Jew masquerading as a Nazi--is escaping the Russian Army. Mark Bramhall's measured, even pacing, confident use of accents, and resonant voice make him an ideal choice as narrator. His intimate, slightly theatrical, approach serves as an effective counterbalance to the novel's brutal and harrowing episodes. The result is a well-told, richly detailed audiobook. R.W.S. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from June 30, 2008
      Bohjalian's rousing tale of three young Jews—Anna, Callum and Uri—who must trek from Warsaw to reach Allied lines is stunningly vivid. Whether it is the troubled lovers whose relationship is put to the test given the disquiet and unrest that abounds throughout much of Europe, or the mysterious stranger who guides them through it all, Mark Bramhall has no trouble stepping into character and giving his listeners a blazing experience. Bramhall reads with a sturdy tone, steeped in anger and sadness, a perfect fit for Bohjalian's poignant tale. Giving a voice to nameless victims of the Holocaust, Bramhall's reading is haunting and memorable. A Shaye Areheart hardcover (Reviews, Feb. 4).

    • Library Journal

      September 1, 2008
      Bohjalian (The Double Bind) leaves his traditional Vermont milieu for this well-crafted, deeply moving historical novel in which he traces the last months of World War II Germany through various lives, masterfully describing landscape and struggle. Narrator Mark Bramhall (An Atomic Romance) easily moves among accents and between genders. Bohjalian fans will applaud; highly recommended. [Also available from Random House Audio as a retail ed. unabridged CD (ISBN LJ 5/1/08.Ed.]Joyce Kessel, Villa Maria Coll., Buffalo, NY

      Copyright 2008 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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