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HHhH

Prague, 1942. Operation Anthropoid: two Czech parachutists are sent on a mission to London to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, chief of the Nazi secret serviceh. But alongside the nerve-shredding preparations for the attack runs another story: when you are a novelist writing about real people, how do you resist the temptation to make things up?

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  • "Binet, HHhH"
  • "HHhH"@it
  • "HHhH"@pl
  • "Himmlers Hirn heisst Heydrich"@es
  • "Himmlers Hirn heisst Heydrich"
  • "Himmlers hersens heten Heidrich"
  • "Himmlers Hirn heißt Heydrich"

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  • "We are in Prague, in 1942. Two men have been enlisted to kill the head of the Gestapo. This is Operation Anthropoid: two Czechoslovakian parachutists sent by London plan to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich u head of the Nazi secret services, 'the hangman of Prague', 'the blond beast', 'the most dangerous man in the Third Reich'. Heydrich works for Hitler's most powerful henchman, Heinrich Himmler, but in the SS they say 'HHhH': 'Himmlers Hirn heisst Heydrich' u Himmler's brain is called Heydrich. All the characters in HHhH existed then or still exist now. All the events depicted are true. But alongside the nerve-shredding story of the preparations for the attack runs another story: when you are writing about real people, how do you resist the temptation to make things up? HHhH is a panorama of the Third Reich told through the life of one outstandingly brutal man, a story of unbearable heroism and loyalty, revenge and betrayal."
  • "Bij de geplande aanslag in Praag in 1942 op Reinhard Heydrich, hoofd van de Gestapo, loopt de spanning hoog op."
  • "Prague, 1942. Operation Anthropoid: two Czech parachutists are sent on a mission to London to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, chief of the Nazi secret serviceh. But alongside the nerve-shredding preparations for the attack runs another story: when you are a novelist writing about real people, how do you resist the temptation to make things up?"@en
  • "Imagines the story of two Czechoslovakian partisans responsible for assassinating the "Butcher of Prague" Reinhard Heydrich, traces their escape from the Nazis and recruitment by the British secret service."
  • "Everyone has heard of Reinhard Heydrich, the Butcher of Prague. And most have heard stories of his assassination at the hands of two Czechoslovakian partisans. But who exactly were the forgotten heroes who killed one of history's most notorious men? In this novel, HHhH (Himmlers Hirn heiBt Heydrich, or Himmler's brain is called Heydrich), we follow the lives of Jozef Gabcik and Jan Kubiš, the Slovak and the Czech responsible for Heydrich's death. From their heroic escape from Nazi-occupied Prague to their recruitment by the British secret services; from their meticulous preparation and training to their harrowing parachute drop into a war zone; from their stealth attack on Heydrich's car to their own brutal deaths in the basement of a Prague church, Binet narrates the compelling story of these two incredible men, rescuing their heroic acts from obscurity. A seemingly effortless blend of historical truth, personal memory, and Binet's remarkable imagination, HHhH is a work at once thrilling and deeply engrossing -- a historical novel and a profound meditation on the nature of writing and the debt we owe to history."@en
  • "La quatrième de couverture indique : "Prague, 1942, opération "Anthropoïde" : deux parachutistes tchèques sont chargés par Londres d'assassiner Reinhard Heydrich, le chef de la Gestapo et des services secrets nazis, le planificateur de la Solution finale, le "bourreau de Prague". Heydrich, le bras droit d'Himmler. Chez les SS, on dit de lui : "HHhH". Himmlers Hirn heißt Heydrich - le cerveau d'Himmler s'appelle Heydrich. Dans ce livre, les faits relatés comme les personnages sont authentiques. Pourtant, une autre guerre se fait jour, celle que livre la fiction romanesque à la vérité historique. L'auteur doit résister à la tentation de romancer. Il faut bien, cependant, mener l'histoire à son terme.""
  • "Himmlers Hirn heißt Heydrich: The Himmler's brain is called Heydrich. The current sentence among members of the SS provides a glimpse of the horrors experienced by the former Czechoslovakia during the Nazi occupation, when the ruthless Gestapo chief Reinhard Heydrich was appointed by the Fuhrer Protector of Bohemia-Moravia, territory incorporated into the Third Reich during the Second World War. Heydrich soon became a mixture of viceroy and dictator, with absolute power of life and death over the Czechs. Mass prisons, torture and summary executions became part of the daily life of the inhabitants of the capital, who dubbed their new lord of the hangman of Prague. This scenario and that serves as the backdrop for Laurent Binet, passionate about the history of Prague and resistance, anti-Nazi, type the electrifying novel HHHH, where fiction and reality are confused, putting in evidence the slippery nature of truth and multifaceted historically."
  • "Roman historique. Roman de témoignage."
  • "Everyone has heard of Reinhard Heydrich, the Butcher of Prague. And most have heard stories of his spectacular assassination at the hands of two Czechoslovakian partisans. But who exactly were the forgotten heroes who killed one of historyu 2019s most notorious men? In Laurent Binetu 2019s captivating debut novel, HHhH (Himmlers Hirn heiBt Heydrich, or Himmleru 2019s brain is called Heydrich), we follow the lives of Jozef Gabcik and Jan Kubi, the Slovak and the Czech responsible for Heydrich{u2019s death. From their heroic escape from Nazi-occupied Prague to their recruitment by the British secret services; from their meticulous preparation and training to their harrowing parachute drop into a war zone; from their stealth attack on Heydrichu 2019s car to their own brutal deaths in the basement of a Prague church, Binet narrates the compelling story of these two incredible men, rescuing their heroic acts from obscurity. The winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman, Binetu 2019s HHhH is a novel unlike anything else. A seemingly effortless blend of historical truth, personal memory, and Binetu 2019s remarkable imagination, HHhH is a work at once thrilling and deeply engrossingu 2014a historical novel and a profound meditation on the nature of writing and the debt we owe to history."@en

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  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Francouzské romány"
  • "Powieść francuska"
  • "Powieść francuska"@pl
  • "Fiction in Translation"
  • "War stories"
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "History"
  • "Verhalend proza"
  • "War novels"
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Válečné romány"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "French fiction"
  • "Large type books"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Vertalingen (vorm)"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Translations"
  • "Historical"

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  • "HhhH"
  • "HHhH Himmlers Hirn heißt Heydrich ; Roman"
  • "HhhH : Himmlers hersens heten Heidrich : roman"
  • "HHhH : il cervello di Himmler si chiama Heydrich"@it
  • "HHhH : il cervello di Himmler si chiama Heydrich"
  • "HHhH Himmlers Hirn heißt Heydrich"
  • "HHhH : [Himmlers Hirn heisst Hendrich = Himmler agyát Heydrichnek hívják]"@hu
  • "HHhH roman"
  • "HHhH = Himmlers Hirn heisst Heydrich"
  • "HhhH : Himmlers hersens heten Heydrich"
  • "HHhH : Himmlers Hirn heißt Heydrich; Roman"
  • "HhhH : Himmlers hersens heten Heydrich : roman"
  • "HHhH [Serbian]"
  • "HhhH : Himmlers hersens heten Heydrich roman"
  • "HHhH"@sl
  • "HHhH"
  • "HHhH"@es
  • "HHhH"@en
  • "HHhH"@ca
  • "HHhH : roman"
  • "HhhH : (Himmlers hjerne hedder Heydrich) : roman"@da
  • "HHhH : zamach na kata Pragi"
  • "HHhH : zamach na kata Pragi"@pl

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