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

[Astrid]

Virkelig fantastisk beskrivelse af de umenneskelige vilkår, et tysk ubådsmandskab levede under i 2. verdenskrig. Virkelig fin skildring, hvor man får så meget medfølelse og respekt for de tyske sømænd, der inderst inde hader deres egne ledere lige så meget som de engelske bombefly, de kæmper imod. Også ret fantastisk, organisk beskrivelse af ubåden, der næsten bliver gjort til et levende væsen.