{"product_id":"the-kindly-ones-paperback","title":"The Kindly Ones - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Littell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Simply astounding. . . . \u003cem\u003eThe Kindly Ones\u003c\/em\u003e is unmistakably the work of a profoundly gifted writer.\" -- \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA literary prize-winner that has been an explosive bestseller all over the world, Jonathan Littell's \u003cem\u003eThe Kindly Ones\u003c\/em\u003e has been called \"a brilliant Holocaust novel... a world-class masterpiece of astonishing brutality, originality, and force,\" and \"relentlessly fascinating, ambitious beyond scope,\" by Michael Korda (\u003cem\u003eIke, With Wings Like Eagles\u003c\/em\u003e). Destined to join the pantheon of classic epics of war such as Tolstoy's \u003cem\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/em\u003e and Vasily Grossman's \u003cem\u003eLife and Fate\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Kindly Ones\u003c\/em\u003e offers a profound and gripping experience of the horrors of World War II and the Holocaust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNamed one of the 100 Best Books of the Decade by The \u003cem\u003eTimes\u003c\/em\u003e of London \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOh my human brothers, let me tell you how it happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA former Nazi officer, Dr. Maximilien Aue has reinvented himself, many years after the war, as a middle-class family man and factory owner in France. An intellectual steeped in philosophy, literature, and classical music, he is also a cold-blooded assassin and the consummate bureaucrat. Through the eyes of this cultivated yet monstrous man we experience in disturbingly precise detail the horrors of the Second World War and the Nazi genocide of the Jews. Eichmann, Himmler, Göring, Speer, Heydrich, Höss--even Hitler himself--play a role in Max's story. An intense and hallucinatory historical epic, \u003cem\u003eThe Kindly Ones\u003c\/em\u003e is also a morally challenging read. It holds a mirror up to humanity--and the reader cannot look away.\u003c\/p\u003e--Time magazine\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNamed one of the \"100 Best Books of the Decade\" by The \u003cem\u003eTimes\u003c\/em\u003e of London \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Oh my human brothers, let me tell you how it happened.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA former Nazi officer, Dr. Maximilien Aue has reinvented himself, many years after the war, as a middle-class family man and factory owner in France. An intellectual steeped in philosophy, literature, and classical music, he is also a cold-blooded assassin and the consummate bureaucrat. Through the eyes of this cultivated yet monstrous man we experience in disturbingly precise detail the horrors of the Second World War and the Nazi genocide of the Jews. Eichmann, Himmler, Göring, Speer, Heydrich, Höss--even Hitler himself--play a role in Max's story. An intense and hallucinatory historical epic, \u003cem\u003eThe Kindly Ones\u003c\/em\u003e is also a morally challenging read. It holds a mirror up to humanity--and the reader cannot look away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 992\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.65 x 8.02 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 13, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52915188105532,"sku":"9780061353468","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/7265\/1324\/files\/RnpsYmNSMHY0aWpqaTRhN3RKVmtNdz09.webp?v=1774360783","url":"https:\/\/barginbooks.co\/products\/the-kindly-ones-paperback","provider":"Books Fare ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}