Giuseppe: A Survival Story
| Giuseppe: A Survival Story | |
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| Author(s) | Piero San Giorgio |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Fiction |
| Publisher | Arktos |
| Publication year | 2020 |
| Pages | 280 |
| ISBN | 1914208072 |
Giuseppe: A Survival Story is a book by Swiss author Piero San Giorgio, published in 2020 by Arktos.
Publisher description
"With a colorful cast of unexpectedly gentle German guards, helpful Red Army soldiers and generous American GIs, as well as avaricious looters and savage rapists, the book describes the odyssey of an Italian soldier trying to make his way home through a ravaged country. It is also a marvelous treatise on the folly of war and the consequences of becoming an outcast in a strange land. The protagonist tells us of his travails as an Italian military internee in various camps in war-time Germany. He witnesses needless cruelty while at the same time battling boredom and frustration.
He is a plain-spoken man but, in his simplicity, brings forth unpolished gems of wisdom that only a pure soul and a flamboyant mind can conjure. Having been a skilled dancer, he stumbles around in the dark after the apocalyptic fire-bombing of Dresden as this atrocity opens his eyes to the absolute horror of a war that knows no bounds."[1]
Contents
1944
Childhood
Games
1915–1918
Christmas
Duce — Part I
Mining
Heroes
Military Service
Africa
Dinosaur
Dance
Women
Campioni del mondo!
Mamma
Duce — Part II
1940
1941
Battle
Greece
1943
Germans
September 8th
The Train
Unpronounceable
Stalag
The Camp
Registration
Confiscation
Disinfection
Marking
Roll Call
Barracks
Italians
Kapos
Traitors
Rules
Potato Chore
Kartoffeln
Arbeit
Food
Survey
Learning German
The Other Prisoners
Cigarettes
Red Cross
Choice
Coats
Winter
The First Christmas
Hygiene
God Is with Us
Misery
Cursing
Vengeance
Crime and Punishment
Arrangements
Disgust
The Factory
Factory Food
Clogs
Payroll
Fraternisation
Hans
Lions Led by Donkeys
Third Reich Victorious
Shelter
The Bomb
Writing Home
The Parcels
Propaganda
Civilian Workers
The Mirror
Not Dead Yet
The Dead
Hitler Kaputt
New Leadership
The Second Christmas
Kurt
The Last Winter
The Bombing of Dresden
The Red Cross Visit
The End
The Last Germans
The New Camp
Russians
Not Quite Free Yet
Certificate
Officers
Dresden
Victory
Basta!
Kartoffeln, Again!
Inventory
The Road
Water
Fire
Broken Shoes
Heaven
Werewolf
On the Road Again
Back to Germany
Americans
Munich
Brenner Pass
Verona
Chaos
Home
Family
Brother
No Hero’s Return
Time to Live
Afterword
Books by the same author
- Survive The Economic Collapse (2021)
- CBRN: Surviving Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Events (2020)
Publication data
- Giuseppe: A Survival Story, Piero San Giorgio, 2020, Arktos ISBN-10: 1914208072, ISBN-13: 978-1-914208-07-2
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