This tale of the Holocaust "will make many think of the stories of Ernest Hemingway . . . a reminder of the power a short, perfect work of fiction can wield" ( The Wall Street Journal).This timeless short novel begins one morning in the dead of winter, during the darkest years of World War II, with three German soldiers heading out into the frozen Polish countryside. They have been charged by their commanders with tracking down and bringing back for execut...

Longlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize"Its simplicity lends it grandeur. One thinks of Maxim Gorky, or even the early sketches of Tolstoy."— The Wall Street Journal"A small miracle of a book, perfectly imagined and perfectly achieved."—Hilary Mantel, author of Booker Prize-winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring up the BodiesA novel of war, revolution, youth, and friendship by the "remarkable...

Longlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize**“Its simplicity lends it grandeur. One thinks of Maxim Gorky, or even the early sketches of Tolstoy.”—The Wall Street Journal"A small miracle of a book, perfectly imagined and perfectly achieved."—Hilary Mantel, author of Booker Prize-winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring up the BodiesA novel of war, revolution, youth, and friendship by the "remarkable" (Ia...

Longlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize“Its simplicity lends it grandeur. One thinks of Maxim Gorky, or even the early sketches of Tolstoy.”—The Wall Street Journal“A small miracle of a book, perfectly imagined and perfectly achieved.”—Hilary Mantel, author of Booker Prize-winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring up the BodiesA novel of war, revolution, youth...

Two timeless novellas about men in combat, from the Prix Médicis award winner whom Ian McEwan calls “remarkable,” combined in one anniversary volume for the first timeFrom the late, award-winning author Hubert Mingarelli, two of his most powerful novellas, now collected in one volume, plunge readers into the brutal, frozen landscapes of war and the moral chasms it creates. This masterful collection, including a tenth-anniversary edition of A Meal in Winter...