The Resource A light beyond the trenches, Alan Hlad
A light beyond the trenches, Alan Hlad
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The item A light beyond the trenches, Alan Hlad represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Jacksonville Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 6 library branches.
- Summary
- "By April 1916, the fervor that accompanied war's outbreak has faded. In its place is a grim reality. Throughout Germany, essentials are rationed. Hope, too, is in short supply. Anna Zeller, whose fiancé, Bruno, is fighting on the western front, works as a nurse at an overcrowded hospital in Oldenburg, trying to comfort men broken in body and spirit. But during a visit from Dr. Stalling, the director of the Red Cross Ambulance Dogs Association, she witnesses a rare spark of optimism: as a German shepherd guides a battle-blinded soldier over a garden path, Dr. Stalling is inspired with an idea -- to train dogs as companions for sightless veterans. Anna convinces Dr. Stalling to let her work at his new guide dog training school. Some of the dogs that arrive are themselves veterans of war, including Nia, a German shepherd with trench-damaged paws. Anna brings the ailing Nia home and secretly tends and trains her, convinced she may yet be the perfect guide for the right soldier. In Max Benesch, a Jewish soldier blinded by chlorine gas at the front, Nia finds her person. War has taken Max's sight, his fiancée, and his hopes of being a composer. Yet despite all he's given for his country, the tide of anti-Semitism at home is rising, and Max encounters it firsthand in one of the school's trainers, who is determined to make Max fail. Still, through Anna's prompting, he rediscovers his passion for music. But as Anna discovers more about the conflict's escalating brutality -- and Bruno's role in it -- she realizes how impossible it will be for any of them to escape the war unscathed..." --Inside cover
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Kensington Trade Paperback edition.
- Extent
- 362 pages
- Note
- Includes a reading group guide
- Isbn
- 9781496728449
- Label
- A light beyond the trenches
- Title
- A light beyond the trenches
- Statement of responsibility
- Alan Hlad
- Subject
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- Germany -- History -- William II, 1888-1918 -- Fiction
- Guide dogs -- Training -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Human-animal relationships -- Fiction
- Jews -- Germany -- Fiction
- Novels
- Nurses -- Fiction
- Antisemitism -- Fiction
- War fiction
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Germany -- Fiction
- Pianists -- Fiction
- Blind -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "By April 1916, the fervor that accompanied war's outbreak has faded. In its place is a grim reality. Throughout Germany, essentials are rationed. Hope, too, is in short supply. Anna Zeller, whose fiancé, Bruno, is fighting on the western front, works as a nurse at an overcrowded hospital in Oldenburg, trying to comfort men broken in body and spirit. But during a visit from Dr. Stalling, the director of the Red Cross Ambulance Dogs Association, she witnesses a rare spark of optimism: as a German shepherd guides a battle-blinded soldier over a garden path, Dr. Stalling is inspired with an idea -- to train dogs as companions for sightless veterans. Anna convinces Dr. Stalling to let her work at his new guide dog training school. Some of the dogs that arrive are themselves veterans of war, including Nia, a German shepherd with trench-damaged paws. Anna brings the ailing Nia home and secretly tends and trains her, convinced she may yet be the perfect guide for the right soldier. In Max Benesch, a Jewish soldier blinded by chlorine gas at the front, Nia finds her person. War has taken Max's sight, his fiancée, and his hopes of being a composer. Yet despite all he's given for his country, the tide of anti-Semitism at home is rising, and Max encounters it firsthand in one of the school's trainers, who is determined to make Max fail. Still, through Anna's prompting, he rediscovers his passion for music. But as Anna discovers more about the conflict's escalating brutality -- and Bruno's role in it -- she realizes how impossible it will be for any of them to escape the war unscathed..." --Inside cover
- Cataloging source
- BLP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hlad, Alan
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3608.L33
- LC item number
- L54 2022
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- World War, 1914-1918
- Nurses
- Guide dogs
- Human-animal relationships
- Blind
- Jews
- Antisemitism
- Pianists
- Germany
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A light beyond the trenches, Alan Hlad
- Note
- Includes a reading group guide
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1304491068
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Kensington Trade Paperback edition.
- Extent
- 362 pages
- Isbn
- 9781496728449
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o1304491068
- (OCoLC)1304491068
- Label
- A light beyond the trenches, Alan Hlad
- Note
- Includes a reading group guide
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1304491068
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Kensington Trade Paperback edition.
- Extent
- 362 pages
- Isbn
- 9781496728449
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o1304491068
- (OCoLC)1304491068
Subject
- Germany -- History -- William II, 1888-1918 -- Fiction
- Guide dogs -- Training -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Human-animal relationships -- Fiction
- Jews -- Germany -- Fiction
- Novels
- Nurses -- Fiction
- Antisemitism -- Fiction
- War fiction
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Germany -- Fiction
- Pianists -- Fiction
- Blind -- Fiction
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