by Jonathan Littell · RBA. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788489662520
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The Kindly Ones is a historical fiction novel written by Jonathan Littell, which narrates the life of Maximilien Aue, a former officer of the German SS who collaborated in the Holocaust. Aue, a doctor of law, married and with children, decides to tell his past from the tranquility of France 30 years later. The novel relives the horrors of World War II from the perspective of the executioners, exploring the life of a man dragged by his own journey and by history.
Jonathan Littell is an American-born writer living in Barcelona. His first novel written in French, The Kindly Ones, won two major French awards, including the Prix Goncourt and the Prix de l'Académie française.
