Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours.
Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He’s a normal Italian teenager—obsessed with music, food, and girls—but his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps, and falls for Anna, a beautiful widow six years his senior.
In an attempt to protect him, Pino’s parents force him to enlist as a German soldier—a move they think will keep him out of combat. But after Pino is injured, he is recruited at the tender age of eighteen to become the personal driver for Adolf Hitler’s left hand in Italy, General Hans Leyers, one of the Third Reich’s most mysterious and powerful commanders.
Now, with the opportunity to spy for the Allies inside the German High Command, Pino endures the horrors of the war and the Nazi occupation by fighting in secret, his courage bolstered by his love for Anna and for the life he dreams they will one day share.
Fans of All the Light We Cannot See, The Nightingale, and Unbroken will enjoy this riveting saga of history, suspense, and love.
##很棒的故事,语言上选词也讲究,再艰难的时局,也要演奏着音乐唱着歌,心里怀有希望。
评分##最近读的第一本二战小说 挺好看的!
评分##故事是个好故事,战后的部分大概是写的最好的部分了。五星给pino,被作者的文笔扣掉1星
评分各种爬山。。。。
评分各种爬山。。。。
评分##很棒的故事,语言上选词也讲究,再艰难的时局,也要演奏着音乐唱着歌,心里怀有希望。
评分##亚马逊根据我看过的其他几本二战小说推荐的,但是这本是最差了。可能是为了要尽可能按照事实来写,情节总是难以达到高潮。很多情节对推动小说进展没什么帮助。但是主角总能阴差阳错见到至亲的人在自己面前死去,感觉又是不真实,像是小说刻意为之。结尾也有些仓促,还好后记写的不错。整体比较失望。
评分##最近读的第一本二战小说 挺好看的!
评分##二流小说。我发现他们对二战小说的评分明显有inflation, Goodread上面居然有4.42的评分。整部小说没有什么climax,可能是囿于是真实故事改编的。作者的文笔真的很烂,都是些纸片人。