Den unbefangenen Leser stellen sie mit ihrem prätentiösen Ton doch auf eine harte Probe: „Ich glaube, ich beginne zu verstehen“, heißt es einmal. "Eine gutwillige postmoderne Kritik kann diese steten Einschübe natürlich als „metafiktionale“ Reflexionen rechtfertigen.It’s that sort of book: clever, occasionally funny, a little bloodless, and self-regarding in the fullest sense of the term." - Sam Leith, Financial Times "So either the publisher’s marketing department won, or the whole thing’s a big put-on.The problem Binet confronts is that the very concept of historical fiction is an oxymoron." - James Ley, The Age
No consensus, with opinions ranging from those who are very impressed to the completely dismissive Awarded the prix Goncourt du premier roman 2010ī- : jarring but facile approach has some entertainment value, but works at best as a YA novel.General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the author HHhH is one of The New York Times’ Notable Books of 2012.Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs. Who were these men, arguably two of the most discreet heroes of the twentieth century? In Laurent Binet’s captivating debut novel, we follow Jozef Gabcik and Jan Kubi from their dramatic escape of Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to England from their recruitment to their harrowing parachute drop into a war zone, from their stealth attack on Heydrich’s car to their own brutal death in the basement of a Prague church.Ī seemingly effortlessly blend of historical truth, personal memory, and Laurent Binet’s remarkable imagination, HHhH an international bestseller and winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman is a work at once thrilling and intellectually engrossing, a fast-paced novel of the Second World War that is also a profound meditation on the nature of writing and the debt we owe to history. With his cold Aryan features and implacable cruelty, Heydrich seemed indestructible until two men, a Slovak and a Czech recruited by the British secret service, killed him in broad daylight on a bustling street in Prague, and thus changed the course of History.
HHhH: \”Himmlers Hirn heisst Heydrich,\” or \”Himmler’s brain is called Heydrich.\” The most dangerous man in Hitler’s cabinet, Reinhard Heydrich was known as the \”Butcher of Prague.\” He was feared by all and loathed by most. Author: Laurent Binet Sam Taylor (Translator)
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