The Battle (Kluge novel)
The Battle (German: Schlachtbeschreibung) is a 1964 German novel by Alexander Kluge. The novel is a historical account of the battle of Stalingrad in the form of an experimental montage of materials, including diary entries, government reports, and interviews.[1][2]
References
- ^ Caryl Flinn -The New German Cinema: Music, History, and the Matter of Style 2004 0520228952 "In his 1964 "fact novel" on the battle of Stalingrad, Schlachtbeschreibung (The Battle), Kluge offers a tip from a military manual: in sufficient thickness, snow can protect soldiers from bullets.The same emphasis on the material life of things was ...
- ^ Cultural Studies Review -Chris Healy and Stephen Muecke (eds), John Frow, Katrina Schlunke - 2008 Page 17 "See, for example, his 1964 book Schlachtbeschreibung— an experimental historical account of the battle of Stalingrad which is constructed out of a highly eclectic montage of materials (including diary entries, government reports, interviews ...
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