Publisher's Synopsis
Una gran novela aclamada por la crìtica, en la lista de más vendidos de Italia.
Ganadora del Premio Campiello 2018.
Ganadora del Premio Pozzale Luigi Russo 2018.
&«Por favor, leed este libro.».-Michela Murgia (autora de La acabadora)
Imaginen por un momento una mesa bien dispuesta, con platos de loza blanca llenos de comida exquisita. Imaginen unas judìas verdes condimentadas con mantequilla fundida, el olor embriagador de unos pimientos asados y la textura de un Strudel de manzana y de un pan recién horneados. Al levantar la vista encontrarán a diez mujeres jóvenes y famélicas a punto de empezar a comer. Estamos en el cuartel general de Hitler y corre el año 1943; la guerra causa estragos, pero ellas están aquì y tienen hambre. Lo que pueda pasar después poco importa...
&«¡Comed!», ordenan los soldados de la SS: ellas son las catadoras de la comida del Führer y tendrán que aguardar una hora hasta que los guardias descarten que las viandas puedan estar envenenadas. En el ambiente turbio de este banquete perverso, que siempre puede ser el último, las jóvenes y los militares que gobiernan el cuartel trenzan alianzas insólitas, pero ¿acaso hay algo insólito cuando vivimos al lìmite?
Inspirándose en la historia real de Margot Wölk, catadora de Hitler, Rosella Postorino atraviesa el laberinto del deseo para contarnos la historia de Rosa Sauer, una joven que frente a la violencia de la Historia se aferra a su afán por saborearlo todo, incluido el sexo prohibido mientras espera a un marido que no regresa: una mujer con ganas de sentirse viva.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Winner of the 2018 Campiello Prize.
Winner of the 2018 Pozzale Luigi Russo Prize.
At the Wolf's Table is the internationally bestselling novel based on the untold true story of the women conscripted to be Hitler's food tasters, from author Rosella Postorino."They called it the Wolfsschanze, the Wolf's Lair. 'Wolf' was his nickname. As hapless as Little Red Riding Hood, I had ended up in his belly. A legion of hunters was out looking for him, and to get him in their grips they would gladly slay me as well."
Germany, 1943: Twenty-six-year-old Rosa Sauer's parents are gone, and her husband Gregor is far away, fighting on the front lines of WWII. Impoverished and alone, she makes the fateful decision to leave war-torn Berlin to live with her in-laws in the countryside, thinking she'll find refuge there. But one morning, the SS come to tell her she has been conscripted to be one of Hitler's tasters: twice a day, she and nine other women go to his secret headquarters, the Wolf's Lair, to eat his meals before he does. Forced to eat what might kill them, the tasters begin to divide into The Fanatics, those loyal to Hitler, and the women like Rosa who insist they aren't Nazis, even as they risk their lives every day for Hitler's.
As secrets and resentments grow, this unlikely sisterhood reaches its own dramatic climax. What's more, one of Rosa's SS guards has become dangerously familiar, and the war is worsening outside. As the months pass, it becomes increasingly clear that Rosa and everyone she knows are on the wrong side of history.
