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Okret

By Buchheim, Lothar-Günther
(The Boat)
1996, Bellona
ISBN 8311085854
The book is a fiction
book is in Polish language

Descripton: This well-known novel, stemming from the author's experiences as a war correspondent on U-96, describes a single U-boat patrol from beginning to end. The long periods of boredom punctuated by bursts of tension and excitement typical of a U-boat patrol are described from the correspondent-narrator's point of view. This novel was the basis for the famous movie of the same title.

Okret to wynik wojennych doswiadczen Buchheima - reportera wojennego ktory odbyl opisywany rejs na pokladzie U96 jesienia i zima 1941 roku. Ksiazka nie pozbawiona walorow literackich stala sie podstawa do nakreconego filmu pod tym samym tytulem.

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