The Kindly Ones

Jonathan Littell

earliest edition we have, 2009 Harper Perennial, 2010 paperback 992 pages

The book is a fictional autobiography, describing the life of Maximilien Aue, a former officer in the SS who decades later tells the story of a crucial part of his life when he was an active member of the forces of the Third Reich. In the book, Aue accepts his responsibility for his actions in massacres of the Jews, but most of the time he feels more an observer than a direct participant. Aue starts the war as a memb...

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The Kindly Ones paperback · 2010 · Emblem Editions · 992 pages · 9780771051548
The Kindly Ones paperback · 2010 · Harper Perennial · 992 pages · 9780061353468
The Kindly Ones hardcover · 2009 · McClelland & Stewart · 992 pages · 9780771051531

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