At the Wolf’s Table A Novel
At the Wolf’s Table A Novel by Rosella Postorino is a reprint edition published by Flatiron Books on February 11, 2020. This 288-page novel unfolds in Germany during 1943, where twenty-six-year-old Rosa Sauer, left alone in a war-torn Berlin, seeks refuge with her in-laws. However, her life takes a perilous turn when she is conscripted to be one of Hitler’s food tasters, a role that forces her to confront the complexities of survival and complicity amid the horrors of World War II.
Readers will find a narrative that explores the dynamics among the tasters, who are divided into factions based on their loyalties. As Rosa and the other women navigate their dangerous circumstances, they grapple with their identities and moral choices in a time of conflict. The story raises thought-provoking questions about guilt and survival, set against the backdrop of historical events. This edition presents a literary exploration of the human condition during one of history’s darkest periods.
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The international bestseller based on a haunting true story that raises provocative questions about complicity, guilt, and survival.
They called it the Wolfsschanze, the Wolf’s Lair. “Wolf” was his nickname. As hapless as Little Red Riding Hood, I had ended up in his belly. A legion of hunters was out looking for him, and to get him in their grips they would gladly slay me as well.
Germany, 1943: Twenty-six-year-old Rosa Sauer’s parents are gone, and her husband Gregor is far away, fighting on the front lines of World War II. Impoverished and alone, she makes the fateful decision to leave war-torn Berlin to live with her in-laws in the countryside, thinking she’ll find refuge there. But one morning, the SS come to tell her she has been conscripted to be one of Hitler’s tasters: three times a day, she and nine other women go to his secret headquarters, the Wolf’s Lair, to eat his meals before he does.
Forced to eat what might kill them, the tasters begin to divide into The Fanatics, those loyal to Hitler, and the women like Rosa who insist they aren’t Nazis, even as they risk their lives every day for Hitler’s. As secrets and resentments grow, this unlikely sisterhood reaches its own dramatic climax, as everyone begins to wonder if they are on the wrong side of history.
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