1964 novel by Alexander Kluge
The Battle (German: Schlachtbeschreibung) is a 1964 German novel by Alexander Kluge. The novel is an historical account of the Battle of Stalingrad in the form of an experimental montage of materials, including diary entries, government reports, and interviews.[1][2]
- ^ Caryl Flinn -The New German Cinema: Music, History, and the Matter of Style 2004 0520228952 "In his 1964 "fact novel" on the battle of Stalingrad, Schlachtbeschreibung (The Battle), Kluge offers a tip from a military manual: in sufficient thickness, snow can protect soldiers from bullets.The same emphasis on the material life of things was ...
- ^ Cultural Studies Review -Chris Healy and Stephen Muecke (eds), John Frow, Katrina Schlunke - 2008 Page 17 "See, for example, his 1964 book Schlachtbeschreibung— an experimental historical account of the battle of Stalingrad which is constructed out of a highly eclectic montage of materials (including diary entries, government reports, interviews ...