Kaputt

About “Kaputt”

Curzio Malaparte was a disaffected supporter of Mussolini who had a taste for danger and high living. During World War II, he was sent by an Italian newspaper to cover the fighting on the Eastern Front. He secretly wrote a report from the front lines, which later became an international bestseller. The work describes the siege of Leningrad, lavish dinner parties with Nazi leaders, and the arrival of trains carrying bodies in war-torn Romania. Malaparte offers a grim depiction of human behavior under extreme conditions.