Un Hotel En Malm? / A Hotel in Malm? [Spanish]

By Marie Bennett

La lucha por la supervivencia, el amor y la traici n impregnan las p ginas de esta intensa y cautivadora novela ambientada en la Suecia de 1940 que ya es considerada en Escandinavia como el Casablanca sueco. En Suecia, durante el duro invierno de 1940, Georg es reclutado para defender la frontera con Finlandia contra el avance del Ej rcito Rojo. Mal equipados, desnutridos y expuestos a temperaturas extremas, los soldados est n a merced de oficiales s dicos e incompetentes. Tras un mot n, Georg y otros soldados rebeldes son enviados a un campo de trabajo. Mientras tanto, Kerstin, la esposa de Georg, sobrevive como puede en Malm , atrapada entre una madre distante y un hermano dedicado al mercado negro. Ya no espera el regreso de su esposo, que ha estado tres a os ausente, cuando conoce a Viola, una mujer rica, atractiva y culta de la que se enamora, y con la que vive una apasionada relaci n prohibida. En la Navidad de 1943, Georg regresa, traumatizado por las experiencias vividas. Su inesperado retorno obligar a Kerstin a encarar una dif cil decisi n. 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 Malm , 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 8466662855
• ISBN13: 9788466662857
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Ediciones B
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"