Angel Down (Pulitzer Prize Winner) A Novel
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29.07.2025
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Simon + Schuster LLCSeitenzahl
304 (Printausgabe)
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Englisch
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9781668068526
The critically acclaimed author of the crazily enjoyable (The New York Times) Whalefall returns with an immersive, cinematic novel about five World War I soldiers who stumble upon a fallen angel that could hold the key to ending the war.
Private Cyril Bagger has managed to survive the unspeakable horrors of the Great War through his wits and deception. But his survival instincts are put to the ultimate test when he and four other grunts are given a deadly mission: venture into the perilous No Man's Land to euthanize a wounded comrade.
What they find amid the ruined battlefield, however, is not a man in need of mercy but a fallen angel, seemingly struck down by artillery fire. This celestial being may hold the key to ending the brutal conflict, but only if the soldiers can suppress their individual desires and work together. As jealousy, greed, and paranoia take hold, the group is torn apart by their inner demons, threatening to turn their angelic encounter into a descent into hell.
Angel Down plunges you into the heart of World War I and weaves a polyphonic tale of survival, supernatural wonder, and moral conflict.
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A horrifying glimpse into the worst of humanity
The unimaginable horros of World War I are set in stark contrast to a literal angel falling from the heavens over france. A cast of doomed losers set out to rescue this angel and are confronted by the worst - and the best - humanity has to offer. Daniel Kraus swallows us up and spits us out, not a single full stop in the whole novel, just horror after horror after horror. Everybody who has the stomach for it should read this book. Can we as humans overcome the need for senseless slaughter and can faith really save us, or will it lead us further astray. -
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Incredible masterpiece
and Kraus has crafted a remarkable war novel. World War I has often been a topic of novels. It was labeled the birthplace of modern world and traumatic. Kraus puts the spotlight on the psychologically architecture of the war. At the same time the prose is relentless and surreal. The single run-on sentence gives the narrative a impressive sense of urgency and immediacy. Being broken into paragraphs so the reader won't be hit by a wall of text. The tension is build with the rhythm of his writing to create the feeling of non-stop action. By this effect one can visualise the scenery. The battlefield and trenches appear right in front of the reader. Kraus has managed some of the most visceral pacing and prose out there. The vivid writing portrays the violence. 'Angel down' is both an experiment, beautiful and powerful. Although the end is ambiguous it leaves you with a zillion of questions concerning the meaning of life. The novel forcefully shows war is not an exception of civilisation but the mere consequence of it. This novel winning a Pulitzer is extraordinary, since its not an easy read. It declines a classical plot and is ambigious in every aspect. and I am glad it won a Pulitzer. -
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Nothing is quiet on the western front
This book is maybe the most brutal and visceral depiction of war that I have ever read. Kraus blends the real terror of Word War 1 with supernatural horror into a story that is simply breathtaking and utterly devastating. It shows that in war human beings stop being human and become cogs in a machine that only fabricates death and destruction. This is another perfect example of what - if done right - the horror genre is capable of. One of the weirdest books of the year an a well deserved winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
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