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The Russian uses his machine pistol like a scythe. Feldwebel remains standing for a fraction of a second. The rain of bullets pours into him, making him twitch violently. He falls to the floor. The Russian grins. There is no doubt that he is enjoying himself. Sven Hassel and his comrades are ordered to take O.G.P.U. Prison in any way they can, even if it means killing the Russians with their bare hands. Armed with flame-throwers and heavy artillery, the 27th Penal Regiment plan their attack. show more O.G.P.U. PRISON is one of Sven Hassel's most compulsively readable novels, full of battle scenes, written in the gritty style that Hassel is renowned for. show lessTags
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Els llibres de Sven Hassel segueixen un grup molt unit de soldats durant la major part de la guerra, soldats que han estat comandats per la força al regiment penal de les Forces Armades alemanyes, el 27è Blindat. Es veuen obligats a lluitar en una guerra en la qual cap d'ells creu. Pocs escriptors han capturat la brutal realitat de la Segona Guerra Mundial i l'humor il·lusionat i grotesc dels soldats amb tanta pressa i amb un realisme tan ombrívol.
Feb 17, 2025Catalan
Sven Hassels böcker följer en sammansvetsad grupp soldater under större delen av kriget – soldater som tvångskommenderats til tyska krigsmaktens straffregemente, 27:e pansar. De tvingas utkämpa ett krig ingen av dem tror på. Få författare har som Hassel, så närgånget och med en så bister realism fångat andra väldskrigets brutale verklighet och soldaternas illusionslösa, grokorniga humor.
Feb 21, 2023Swedish
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Sven Hassel was born Sven Pedersen in Fredensborg, Denmark on April 19, 1917. He joined the Danish merchant navy at age 14 and served a mandatory stretch in the Danish military before joining the German army in 1937. He adopted his mother's maiden name, Hassel, when he began writing. His first novel, The Legion of the Damned, was published in show more 1953. His other works include Assignment Gestapo, Liquidate Paris, Blitzfreeze, O. G. P. U. Prison, and The Commissar. He died on September 21, 2012 at the age of 95. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- O. G. P. U. Prison
- Original publication date
- 1982
- Dedication
- Dedicated to my friend the Spanish poet, Joaquin Buxo Montesinos
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 839.81374 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures Other Germanic literatures Danish and Norwegian literatures Danish Danish fiction 1900–2000 Late 20th century 1945–2000
- LCC
- PT8175 .H3536 .O3413 — Language and Literature German, Dutch and Scandinavian literatures Danish literature Individual authors or works 1900-1960
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- Languages
- 16 — Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 32
- ASINs
- 11
