- Paperback: 248 pages
- Publisher: Women's Press Ltd,The; 1st edition (1 April 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0704347059
- ISBN-13: 978-0704347052
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.6 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,245,168 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In pre-war Germany, two boys grow up together inseparable. However as adulthood approaches and Nazism continues its inexorable march, Dahl and Quantz can no longer reconcile their childhood friendship as one becomes an SS officer and the other a pawn in the intelligence unit.
Excerpted from The Element of Water by Stevie Davies. Copyright © 2002. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Michael Quantz transiently haunted the lakeside, pausing, screwing up his eyes against the sheen of grey light. Waves spilt at his feet, drizzle fell with calm steadiness, and he found himself at a standstill.
One rarely indulged the luxury of thought nowadays. All did without sleep, catnapping in odd half-hours or getting caught short, jerking to unconsciousness with a mouthful of sourness, a staleness of cigarette smoke, lungs coated in a raw residue of tar, sweat caking the body within its uniform. Jolted awake, there was surprise at having been taken by the permanently denied sleep, which stalked like a predatory lover to whom no upright man should surrender. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
One rarely indulged the luxury of thought nowadays. All did without sleep, catnapping in odd half-hours or getting caught short, jerking to unconsciousness with a mouthful of sourness, a staleness of cigarette smoke, lungs coated in a raw residue of tar, sweat caking the body within its uniform. Jolted awake, there was surprise at having been taken by the permanently denied sleep, which stalked like a predatory lover to whom no upright man should surrender. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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This is an absorbing, fascinating, thought-provoking novel about human beings' capacities for cruelty and love. It shows the extremes of which people are capable, delineating some of the atrocities of Nazi Germany in unexpected, never cliched ways. But it never becomes unbearable to read. In fact, in the paradoxical way of great art, it remains entertaining however grim its material. Yet the material is not always grim. The novel is also a love story, and a touching one. Recommended as an excellent read that will alter your view of human nature and the world.
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