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Lädt ... The Winter Soldiervon Daniel Mason
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Lucius Krzelewski was the only child of wealthy, aristocratic Polish parents who lived in Vienna in the 1930s. His father had served in the Lancers and had romantic views of war. His mother ran the family's businesses and had strong opinions. He always felt awkward as a child and preferred studying to socializing. To his mother's disappointment, he enrolled in medical school. To his amazement, he was an excellent student and even made a couple of friends who liked to study as much as he did. Even as a third year medical student, however, there was very little interaction with patients, and, when World War I began joining the military seemed like an excellent way to get some first-hand experience. Lucius is deployed to a village in the Carpathian Mountains, where he expects to find a small hospital and some senior doctors to guide him. Instead he finds a church with a huge hole in the roof where a shell had fallen through, a single nurse, and many, many soldiers with horrible wounds he had never seen before, never mind treated. The sturdy, imperturbable nurse, Margarete, guides him through his first months and he finds himself falling in love. But when a severely shell-shocked patient is accused of malingering by a passing officer, their comradery is tested. I loved the descriptions of socially awkward Lucius and his passion for medicine, the scenes of winter in the remote mountains, and the early impressions of shell-shock and how to treat it. Daniel Mason is a doctor and professor of psychiatry at Stanford University, and his expertise informs his writing, but he is also an excellent writer. The plot propelled my reading, but the descriptions slowed it down so I could savor them. Recommended for historical fiction buffs and those who enjoy doctor-authors. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Der hochbegabte Wiener Medizinstudent Lucius meldet sich beim Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkrieges freiwillig und landet im eisigen Winter 1914 in einem Behelfslazarett in den Karpaten, wo ihm die junge Nonne Margarete erst alles beibringen muss. Als ein schwer traumatisierter, aber ? erlich unverletzter Soldat eingeliefert wird, begeht Lucius einen gravierenden Fehler. Daniel Masons aufw hlender Roman erzh?lt eine Geschichte von Krieg und Heilung, von unverhoffter Liebe, von verhñgnisvollen Irrt mern und von Sehnsucht und S hne.Lucius ist zweiundzwanzig Jahre alt und ein hochbegabter Medizinstudent in Wien, als der Erste Weltkrieg ausbricht. In der Vorstellung, an ein gut ausgestattetes Lazarett zu kommen, meldet er sich freiwillig. Tatsc?hlich landet er im eisigen Winter 1914 in einem abgelegenen Dorf in den Karpaten, in einer zum Behelfshospital umfunktionierten Kirche. Allein mit einer rt?selhaften, jungen Nonne namens Margarete, muss er die schwer Verletzten versorgen, er, der noch nie ein Skalpell gef hrt hat. Margarete bringt ihm alles bei und als sie sich verlieben, auch das. Aber wer ist sie wirklich?Eines Tages bringt man ihnen einen bewusstlosen Soldaten, der ? erlich keine Verletzungen aufweist, aber so traumatisiert ist, dass er zu sterben droht. Ein bislang unbekanntes Krankheitsbild, Folge des ununterbrochenen Granatenbeschusses. Lucius entdeckt eine Heilungsmethode, auf die der Soldat anspricht. Aber als ein Aushebungskommando kommt und den Mann wieder an die Front schicken will, trifft Lucius gegen den Rat von Margarete eine folgenschwere Entscheidung. Daniel Masons gro artig geschriebener, aufw hlender Roman erzh?lt eine Geschichte von Krieg und Heilung, von Liebe gegen alle Wahrscheinlichkeit, von verhñgnisvollen Fehlern und von Sehnsucht und S hne.Titel der amerikanischen Ausgabe: The Winter SoldierLittle, Brown and Company, Hachette Book Group, New York, 2018, ? 2018 by Daniel MasonUmschlaggestaltung: Rothfos & Gabler, Hamburg, nach dem Entwurf von Stuart Wilson ? Pan Macmillan 2018Umschlagabbildung: ? Getty Images, Arcangel Images Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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The protagonist is a young medical student from a privileged background, Lucius, from Vienna. At the outbreak of WW1, he ended up stationed in a field hospital in the Carpathian mountains. There he meets a mysterious Sister Margarete, a nurse who will help him understand the limitations of his training and a cast of soldier characters all suffering from strange psychological conditions brought on by war (later to be defined as PTSD).
Mason is a psychiatrist, so it was especially interesting to read Lucius's self-reflections concerning his medical practice. Lucius is aware that his training, still largely consisting of Victorian procedures, does not satisfy the needs of his patients. And in one particular case, he makes a mistake that makes it hard for him to forgive himself.
And Margarete, what a great female character. I thought all the female characters in the novel were exceptional, no matter how small.
The relationship he develops with Margarete remains a major force in the novel, but this book never sinks into sappy romanticism. The vignettes of pre-war and wartime Vienna and the realities of life in the province are depicted with great style. Mason says a lot with few words and for a relatively short novel does a great job of transporting the reader into the setting. This book felt timeless to me, a true classic. And what a great story with a phenomenal ending.
4.5 stars rounded up. ( )