The Bloody Road to Death

by Sven Hassel

Book Overview

THE BLOODY ROAD TO DEATH depicts all the savagery of war punctuated with black humour, as Tiny, Porta and the rest of the men advance across Europe. The Russian Officer falls forward and I sink my... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0552104000
• ISBN13: 9780552104005
• Release Date: December 1977
• Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Refreshingly funny,yet distressingly brutal

Sven Hassel once again shows us a picture of the Second World War from the "loser's" point of view.In describing the daliy vexations and hardships of the German soldier one can see that regardless of sides that war is a demeaning and depersonalizing business. One ends the book not seeing German soldiers but ordinary men caught in an unpleasant and dehumanizing war.

An excellent book, great to read and very enjoyable.

An excellent book depicting a new twist on WWII This story unfolds in Greece and evolves around a group of German solders ie: Heide, the old man, Tiny, and of course Porta, they are hilarious, and yet portray a very serious aspect of war, that most people don't realize was in fact true..

Best Sven Hassel book of all.<br>

The Bloody Road To Death must be the funniest of all Sven's novels (and it's definately the one I would make into a film if I had any choice about such things). It's set in Greece mainly but they do get back to Russia by the end. It has three major chapters one after the other:- The Fleas (Porta's flea ridden furs and their path through the regiment etc), Escort Duty (Tiny and Porta on a wild trip through Europe) and Darjeeling Tea (Porta and Wolf and their black market tea dealing). It's almost incidental that there's a war on. Fantastic stuff.

Its good to see a realistic from the other side for a change

Like the rest of the novels written by Sven Hassel, the reader content is excellant, the details are gruesomely accurate and it is refreshing to read novels portraying the other side and not something written by the winners (allies)

Sven Hassel is god !!!

One of the best war novels ever written. Sven Hassel shows the war like only a war survivor can do. My favorite character, Jullius Heide - the Nazy fanatic - followed by the charismatic old man - Willy Beier. I love the gore and humor.