Rosella Postorino
Author of At the Wolf's Table: A Novel
About the Author
Image credit: Rosella Postorino, 2019
Works by Rosella Postorino
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1978-08-27
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Italy
- Country (for map)
- Italy
- Birthplace
- Reggio de Calabre, Italie
- Places of residence
- Rome, Italie (2001- )
San Lorenzo al Mare, Ligurie ( - 20 01)
Reggio de Calabre, Italie (1978) - Occupations
- Editrice
Traductrice (Français, Italien)
Journaliste - Organizations
- Einaudi éditions (Editrice)
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I received this book from BookBrowse. My first thoughts were, what could you write about a taste tester for Hitler? This was a very compassionate story about Germany women and the perils they faced. The book is very depressing. These women could never catch a break. They got to eat well but their children at home were starving and the husbands were at the front. These 9 women were always at the threat of the guards and each other. This is another window to war and the suffering of people.
Rosa Sauer knows that she is lucky to have a consistent supply of quality, nourishing food when so many are going hungry. But she eats with the knowledge that each plate may be the last thing she ever consumes. It's not as if she has a choice in the matter. The SS guards come to fetch her each morning and notate every morsel that goes into her mouth. They watch her carefully and then drive her home. If Rosa lives then the Fuhrer can eat.
I had never heard about Hitler's food tasters before and they did exist although this tale is just an imagining. It makes an interesting framing device within which to examine Rosa's relationships with the other food tasters, the guards, and her in-laws, who she lives with.… (more)
I had never heard about Hitler's food tasters before and they did exist although this tale is just an imagining. It makes an interesting framing device within which to examine Rosa's relationships with the other food tasters, the guards, and her in-laws, who she lives with.… (more)
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Statistics
- Works
- 15
- Members
- 378
- Popularity
- #63,851
- Rating
- 3.3
- Reviews
- 18
- ISBNs
- 39
- Languages
- 9
Rosa Sauer proviene da Berlino, ma suo marito è partito in guerra e lei ha raggiunto i suoceri in campagna, quella campagna dove all'interno di un Bunker nel profondo del bosco si nasconde il dittatore tedesco, che non ama mangiare gli animali morti perché non sopporta la crudeltà su di essi, che però fa assaggiare i suoi pasti a 12 donne.
Il romanzo è esattamente come ci si aspetta che sia, il racconto di una donna senza il marito perché disperso in guerra, che viene obbligata a collaborare con un regime dietro compenso, del sentirsi complice, dei segreti da nascondere, di un gruppo di donne che si ritrovano a vivere lo stesso destino. Non è una lettura leggera, ma appassiona.… (more)