Ben Elton
Hardcover | Pages: 424 pages Rating: 4.34 | 9179 Users | 957 Reviews
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| Title | : | Two Brothers |
| Author | : | Ben Elton |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 424 pages |
| Published | : | November 8th 2012 by Bantam Press (first published 2012) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. War |
Explanation Toward Books Two Brothers
The new novel from this well-loved, bestselling author. Two Brothers is a heartrending story of two boys growing up under the darkening shadow of the Nazis. Born in Berlin in 1920 and raised by the same parents, one boy is Jewish, his adopted brother is Aryan. At first, their origins are irrelevant. But as the political landscape changes they are forced to make decisions with horrifying consequences.Point Books Supposing Two Brothers
| Original Title: | Two Brothers |
| ISBN: | 0593062051 (ISBN13: 9780593062050) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Berlin(Germany) Germany |
Rating Regarding Books Two Brothers
Ratings: 4.34 From 9179 Users | 957 ReviewsEvaluation Regarding Books Two Brothers
By Ben Elton. Grade: AWhen one is confronted by a good book that one is in a real dilemma. How to rate its merits and demerits? Should one go back to basics taught eons ago in undergraduate courses or just follow the trends in numerous sites proclaiming to know what is right? I have tried to do a balancing act.The book, like so many modern books, does not have a linear narrative. It jumps between the 1920s Germany and the 1950s London. The theme suits the style admirably well. We start at theThere are many novels set in pre-war Berlin but none quite so effective as Ben Elton's Two Brothers. As the title suggests, the author uses the childhood and adolescent lives of two Jewish brothers to tell the story of happiness followed by despair and finally tragedy. The brothers themselves form a Saturday club with the daughter of a wealthy Jewish department store owner and the daughter of the brothers' family cleaner.The early years are happy and often funny but as each member of the club
I am disappointed with Two Brothers. The premise of the story sounded really interesting from an historical point of view, and the characters seemed to have so much potential. But the reality was just plain awkward.None of the characters stood out from one another, they actually became difficult to differentiate between. The language seemed forced, over-the-top and Americanized a lot of the time, not at all what you might expect from Germany in the 1920's through 1950's. I also didn't get the
Utterly gripping from the start, this story of two boys born on the same day in pre war Berlin, is a tour de force. The boys, destined to become twins via a secret adoption of one of the boys at birth, grow from children to adult soldiers, born to Wolfgang, a musician in the heady Berlin nightclub scene, and Freida , a doctor - a Jewish family living a simple life. Until Hitler came to power. Slowly , the author builds the feelings of abject terror and menace that the Jews endured on a daily
I feel like this book was a huge disappointment on the whole. I had had it on my shelf for over a year as ironic as it may sound, I bought it while on vacation in Munich and the thing is, I've been dying to read it for months. I saw it as a really promising book but it just turned out as a disappointment in the end.Don't get me wrong, I tried quite hard to enjoy this book. I really did. It looked quite nice at first, with the Stengel parents' backstory and all I really liked both Frieda and
If its got the Brandenburg Gate on the cover, its guaranteed to be a good read. This throwaway comment, made by me when the book was given to me as a book group read, turned out to be spot-on, and this book is a firm contender for the best book I have read in 2015.A couple of years ago, I read The Hare with Amber Eyes, by Edmund de Waal, the true story of the fate of his Jewish ancestors at the hands of the Nazis, and am still haunted by the book. While Ben Eltons book is a work of fiction,
Having never read anything by Ben Elton before I was drawn to this book by the subject. Two brothers born in 1920 to Jewish parents in Berlin, also the birth of Hitlers party. It was an incredibly well written book, Elton had obviously done thorough research. the characters where very believable. One of the descriptions was of the Olympic games in Berlin, 1936. Elton described the event so well that you could feel the thunder of Heil Hitler as Hitler took his place in the stand. From this I
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