金石堂En Suecia, durante el duro invierno de 1940, Georg es reclutado para defender la frontera con Finlandia contra el avance del Ejército Rojo. Mal equipados, desnutridos y expuestos a temperaturas extremas, los soldados están a merced de oficiales sádicos e incompetentes. Tras un motín, Georg y otros soldados rebeldes son enviados a un campo de trabajo.
Mientras tanto, Kerstin, la esposa de Georg, sobrevive como puede en Malmö, atrapada entre una madre distante y un hermano dedicado al mercado negro. Ya no espera el regreso de su esposo, que ha estado tres años ausente, cuando conoce a Viola, una mujer rica, atractiva y culta de la que se enamora, y con la que vive una apasionada relación prohibida.
En la Navidad de 1943, Georg regresa, traumatizado por las experiencias vividas. Su inesperado retorno obligará a Kerstin a encarar una difícil decisión.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
A fight for survival, love, and betrayal inhabit the pages of this intense, captivating novel set in 1940s Sweden that is already considered in Scandinavia to be a Swedish Casablanca.
In Sweden, during the hard winter of 1940, Georg is recruited to defend the border with Finland against the advancing Red Army. Poorly equipped, malnourished, and exposed to extreme temperatures, the soldiers are at the mercy of sadistic, incompetent officers. After a riot, Georg and other rebel soldiers are sent to a work camp. Meanwhile, Kerstin, Georg’s wife, does what she can to survive in Malmö, trapped between a distant mother and a brother wrapped up in the black market. She isn’t expecting her husband to return anymore after his three-year absence when she meets Viola, a rich, attractive, educated woman with whom she falls in love and has a passionate forbidden affair. On Christmas of 1943, Georg returns, traumatized by his experiences. His unexpected return forces Kerstin to face a difficult decision…
