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- Reading time
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Set against the backdrop of 1936 Berlin, a young zoologist, Ernst Schäfer, is drawn into a secret SS mission to uncover the origins of the Aryan race in Tibet. As he pursues this ambition, his marriage to Herta, a nonconformist flautist, becomes strained as she questions his choices and the moral implications of their lives under the Nazi regime. The narrative serves as a poignant exploration of ambition, complicity, and the haunting consequences of history, told through the perspectives of both the animals affected and the conflicted wife.
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The Hollow Bones, Leah Kaminsky
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- Released
- 2021
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- Title
- The Hollow Bones
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Leah Kaminsky
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Australia
- Released
- 2021
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN13
- 9781760899868
- Category
- History, Historical prose, War prose, Biographies and Thoughts
- Description
- Set against the backdrop of 1936 Berlin, a young zoologist, Ernst Schäfer, is drawn into a secret SS mission to uncover the origins of the Aryan race in Tibet. As he pursues this ambition, his marriage to Herta, a nonconformist flautist, becomes strained as she questions his choices and the moral implications of their lives under the Nazi regime. The narrative serves as a poignant exploration of ambition, complicity, and the haunting consequences of history, told through the perspectives of both the animals affected and the conflicted wife.