war trilogy
Ralf Rothmann’s new novel “The Night Under the Snow”
Cover of the book “The night under the snow” by Ralf Rothmann. photo
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In the moving conclusion to his trilogy, Ralf Rothmann tells of how the atrocities of war obscure a whole life. A linguistically virtuoso novel that is depressingly topical.
How can one tell about the war in literature at a time when the news and images of death and destruction are closing in on us every day? Perhaps we need to look back a little to the great catastrophe of the 20th century.