* A startling account of a German survivor of the Second World War. 'One of the most important personal accounts ever written about the effects of war and defeat' Antony Beevor 'One of the most extraordinary and moving books I have ever read' Antonia Fraser
Author, now dead, is thought to have been a journalist or publisher.
This is a devastating book. It is matter-of-fact, makes no attempt
to score political points, does not attempt to solicit sympathy for
its protagonist and yet is among the most chilling indictments of
war I have ever read. Everybody, in particular every woman ought to
read it
*Arundhati Roy*
One of the most important personal accounts ever written about the
effects of war and defeat
*Antony Beevor*
This is not an hysterical woman ... you simply cannot dismiss it
... profoundly, acutely embarrassing ... an insight into the
resilience of people in an unknowable situation
*Robert Sandhill*
Complex, closely observed diary by a woman living in conquered
Berlin at the end of WWII
*Kirkus Reviews*
Let Anonymous stand witness as she wished to: as an undistorted
voice for all women in war and its aftermath, whatever their names
or nation or ethnicity. Anywhere
*Los Angeles Times*
An astonishing record of survival . . . the voice of Anonymous
emerges as both shrewd and funny . . . a fresh contribution to the
literature of war
*Entertainment Weekly*
A stunning account of a German woman's battle to survive repeated
rape at the hands of the victors among the ruins of Berlin . . .
While leaders plot their dreams of glory and victory, the lives of
ordinary people--on all sides--are trampled and destroyed. A most
salutary work
*Guardian*
The author has a fierce, uncompromising voice, and her book should
become a classic of war literature
*Publishers Weekly*
Marvelous . . . As it is a human instinct to survive, this book,
which could have been horrifying, is instead exhilarating: a rare
tribute to the human spirit
*Daily Mail*
Coolly written, tearingly honest . . . This is a classic not only
of war literature but also of writing at the very extreme of human
suffering
*Daily Telegraph*
This is a devastating book. It is matter-of-fact, makes no attempt
to score political points, does not attempt to solicit sympathy for
its protagonist and yet is among the most chilling indictments of
war I have ever read. Everybody, in particular every woman ought to
read it.
*Arundhati Roy, author of The Good of Small Things*
Complex, closely observed diary by a woman living in conquered
Berlin at the end of WWII.
*Kirkus Reviews*
Let Anonymous stand witness as she wished to: as an undistorted
voice for all women in war and its aftermath, whatever their names
or nation or ethnicity. Anywhere.
*Los Angeles Times*
An astonishing record of survival . . . the voice of Anonymous
emerges as both shrewd and funny . . . a fresh contribution to the
literature of war.
*Entertainment Weekly*
A riveting account of a military atrocity . . . The author doesn't
try to explain or moralize the horror. She simply records it as
perhaps no one else has, in all of its devastating essence.
*The New York Observer*
A stunning account of a German woman's battle to survive repeated
rape at the hands of the victors among the ruins of Berlin . . .
While leaders plot their dreams of glory and victory, the lives of
ordinary people--on all sides--are trampled and destroyed. A most
salutary work.
*The Guardian*
The author has a fierce, uncompromising voice, and her book should
become a classic of war literature.
*Publishers Weekly*
Marvelous . . . As it is a human instinct to survive, this book,
which could have been horrifying, is instead exhilarating: a rare
tribute to the human spirit.
*Daily Mail*
Coolly written, tearingly honest . . . This is a classic not only
of war literature but also of writing at the very extreme of human
suffering.
*The Daily Telegraph*
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