This novel is set in post nazi Germany in a town barely touched by civility. This book is not about ghosts but rather the unrelenting hatefulness of the human condition. The characters perpetuate superstitions and act without an ounce of humility and judgement. This book is not one I would happil...
In the afternoon, after beer stuck to every surface, the villagers spilled into the square to take part in the yearly cooking contest. “For the first one death, for the second starvation, for the third one bread”—that old proverb described the colonization of the Devil’s Moor, but our bread remai...