Das Boot

Das Boot #1

by Lothar-Günther Buchheim

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780304352319

The thrilling wartime novel that inspired Wolfgang Petersen's Academy Award-nominated, blockbuster film! Written by an actual survivor of Germany's U-boat fleet, Das Boot is one of the most exciting stories of naval warfare ever published, a tale filled with almost unbearable tension and suspense. In autumn 1941, a German U-boat commander and his crew set out on yet another hazardous patrol in the Battle of the Atlantic. Over the coming weeks they brave the ocean's stormy waters and seek out British supply ships to destroy. But their targets travel in well-guarded convoys. When contact finally occurs, the hunter quickly becomes the hunted, and a cat-and-mouse game begins as the U-boat hides deep beneath the surface of the sea. Soon, claustrophobia becomes an enemy almost as frightening as the depth charges exploding around them.

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, War, World War II, Classics, German Literature, Germany

563 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

Lothar-Günther Buchheim (February 6, 1918 – February 22, 2007) was a German author, painter, and art collector. He is best known for his novel Das Boot (1973), which became an international bestseller and was adapted in 1981 as an Oscar-nominated film.

Reviews

[Marek]

Tuto knihu jsem přečetl před hodně dávnou dobou. Myslím si, že jsem si knihu půjčil od dědy. Román z 2. světové války. Kniha působila autenticky, protože autor se plavil na ponorce, takže do knihy vtělesňuje osobní zážitky, které prožil. Myslím si, že se mi kniha líbila.

[Jakub]

Skvělé!