Skeletons at the Feast, (Paperback)

from mrstreme

Many books have explored the exodus of Europeans and Jews who fled the approaching German army during World War II. In Skeletons at the Feast, Chris Bohjalian examined another type of evacuation - this time of a Prussian family trying to stay steps ahead of the vengeful Soviet army. Loosely based...

from TomWaitsTables

It's not often I say this, but for once, LibraryThing's "Will you like it?" appraiser was right. I did not like this book. I never though I would say this, but I wish that Chris Bohjalian was a horribly inept storyteller. I wish his characters were as flat and unbelievable and as developed as a J...

from etxgardener

I really like Chris Bohalian's novels. He cannot be classified into a genre & he writes about a wide range of subjects. This book, inspired by the wartime diaries of the grandmother of a friend, chronicles an aristocratic German family fleeing from the advancing Russian army in the declining days...

from Othemts

The William & Mary Alumni Boston Chapter selected this novel set in German-occupied Poland at the end of the Second World War. It tells the story of three different journeys that intertwine and complement one another. First there is the Emmerich family, prosperous German farmers in East Prussia w...

from Trinity

This was a good WWII novel, well developed characters that pull you in and great setting descriptions. I was disappointed in the abrupt ending, it felt like the author was suddenly tired of the book. The epilogue seemed to only be a quick after thought.