Research Catalog
Nothing in sight
- Title
- Nothing in sight / Jens Rehn ; translated by Kenneth J. Northcott ; with an introduction by Scott Denham.
- Author
- Rehn, Jens.
- Publication
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PT2678.E33 N513 2005 | Off-site |
Holdings
Details
- Additional Authors
- Northcott, Kenneth J.
- Description
- xxi, 113 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "It is 1943. A German submarine commander and an American pilot are stranded on a rubber dinghy, floating alone in the middle of the ocean, with nothing between them but a bottle of whiskey, some cigarettes, a few chocolate bars, and a pack of chewing gum. Both sit, hoping to be rescued, but there is no hope in sight." "Nothing in Sight distills the brutal essence of what it is to die alone. Much more than a story of war, this short novel presents the memories, dreams, and hallucinations of two soldiers as they drift toward death. With nothing in sight on the horizon, Jens Rehn directs our view inward, into the minds of both men as they question the meaning of life, the existence of God, and the possibility of enduring human relationships. As the drama unfolds, each man recalls fragments of his past through the delirium of thirst and pain. The American soldier, his arm severed, dies first of gangrene. The German dies in agony a week later. Their dinghy sinks into the vastness of the ocean."--BOOK JACKET.
- Uniform Title
- Nichts in Sicht. English
- Alternative Title
- Nichts in Sicht.
- Subjects
- ISBN
- 0226707342 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004022681
- OCLC
- ocm56599800
- SCSB-5183563
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries