The Forgotten Soldier

Name: The Forgotten Soldier
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Guy Sajer
ISBN: 9781515987628

Author: Guy Sajer

Narrator: Derek Perkins

Unabridged: 21 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/14/2017

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Military Nonfiction

Synopsis

When Guy Sajer joins the infantry full of ideals in the summer of 1942, the German army is enjoying unparalleled success in Russia. However, he quickly finds that for the foot soldier the glory of military success hides a much harsher reality of hunger, fatigue, and constant deprivation. Posted to the elite Grosse Deutschland division, with its sadistic instructors who shoot down those who fail to make the grade, he enters a violent and remorseless world where all youthful hope is gradually ground down, and all that matters is the brute will to survive. As the biting cold of the Russian winter sets in, and the tide begins to turn against the Germans, life becomes an endless round of pounding artillery attacks and vicious combat against a relentless and merciless Red Army. Sajer's perspective as a German foot soldier makes The Forgotten Soldier a unique war memoir, the book that the Christian Science Monitor said "may well be the book about World War II which has been so long awaited." A work of stunning force, this is an unforgettable reminder of the horrors of war.

About Guy Sajer

Born in 1927, Guy Sajer is the pseudonym of Guy Mouminoux, a French writer and cartoonist.

Reviews

Goodreads review by ᴀᴍɪᴛ on November 15, 2018

Writers like Sajer, will never allow the future generations to forget, the miseries of world war soldiers. World war two was fought by soldiers but described by soldiers cum writers; Sajer belongs to this rare breed; he accomplished this rare job by writing, under stressful circumstances and arrangin......more

Goodreads review by Adam on December 03, 2020

I've been reading a lot of fiction (plus one memoir) about WW2 and from the German perspective. I think the pandemic gave me a taste for reading about the last time civilisation came close to destruction (as well as seeing the near total destruction of two countries in Europe). Might sound strange,......more

Goodreads review by Jerry on June 14, 2012

Amazing, shocking, and unforgettable. This is the best book about WWII that you can find. Forget the U.S. involvement, or the British, or the French. Hell, I'm Canadian, but I always knew the real battle was in the East against the huge tank divisions of Germany and those of Russia. And yet... here is t......more

Goodreads review by fourtriplezed on November 03, 2011

I enjoyed this book even though I had read some criticism. Sure there may be some areas that the author has muddled, but has also been implied he may have a bit to hide. With all that in mind this is still a read about a brutal time for a young man. For those that are considering reading this be war......more

Goodreads review by Johnny on May 01, 2007

Guy Sajer's account of life on the Eastern Front in World War II is a must read. If "All Quiet on the Western Front" left any mark upon you at all, this book will floor you. You will fully understand the brutality of war, the brutality of the Soviets and the Nazis. You will fully understand the brut......more