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Title: Skeletons at the Feast
Author: Chris Bohjalian
Narrator: Mark Bramhall
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-02-08
Publisher: Random House Audio
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 149 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Among the group is 18-year-old Anna Emmerich, the daughter of Prussian aristocrats. There is her lover, Callum Finella, a 20-year-old Scottish prisoner of war who was brought from the stalag to her family's farm as forced labor. And there is a 26-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 20th century's greatest tragedies - while creating, perhaps, a masterpiece that will haunt listeners for generations.
Critic Reviews:
"Careful research and an unflinching eye...Bohjalian's well-chosen descriptions capture the anguish of a tragic era and the dehumanizing desolation wrought by war." (Publisher's Weekly)
Members Reviews:
very enjoyable
I did enjoy this narrator . He was excellent. Very believable story.
A View of WWII from a Different Perspective
The first 15 minutes were a tough sell, but then, I became totally engaged by this story.
It is one in which the perspectives of Nazism and the war are told from the perception of German citizens who were both fighting the war and fleeing from it. The story told of Germans who supported the Reich, who questioned the Reich and who fought against the Reich.
It is told from the perspective of a prisoner of war from Scotland, an escaped Jew who survived by adopting the identity of fallen German and Russian soldiers, and from a Jewish woman held in the German work camps.
I found it required careful listening as the author changed voices with little notice and little or no segues.That is not to fault the book, it is just the author's MO.
This is a good story; an abundance of violence and death; a bit of romance; and in the end, a realistic story about the true nature of war -- any war.
An Amazing Story
The is a wonderful, heart wrenching story about the victims of Hitlers war. Mark Bramhall provided exceptional narration for an extremely well crafted book.
Ron Licata
Chris Bohjalian always delivers
His novels are diverse in subject with unpredictable storylines. Always riveting. While part about the British POW seems implausible it was still a beautiful story.
I wasn't fond of the accents used to differentiate the characters, but that's the only negative I can report.
a Haunting Tableau; a Loving Tribute.
This book offers a glimpse into the lives of 3 young adults whose lives converge during the latter part of WWII in Germany. Anna is a German girl raised by a powerful and wealthy man. She falls in love with Callum who is a Scottish POW. They all befriend Uri, a Jewish German who has escaped the camps by posing as German and Russian soldiers. Their lives intersect and they share their travels towards freedom. The topic matter has been explored often and remains rich and full of stories that provoke both thought and emotion.
