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'Written with intelligence and nuance' The Times 'A disturbing, powerful and beautifully written novel based on shockingly real events' Christy Lefteri, author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo 'Unputdownable' The Herald

The international bestseller based on a haunting true story that raises provocative questions about complicity, guilt, and survival. 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 World War II. 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: three times 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, as everyone begins to wonder if they are on the wrong side of history.

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.

En internasjonal bestselger - basert på en sann historieTyskland 1943: 26 år gamle Rosa har mistet alt i krigen. Foreldrene er døde, og ektemannen er soldat i krigsfronten. Hun er fattig, redd og alene, og har ikke stort å stille opp med når SS forlanger at hun skal være prøvesmaker for Hitler. Tre ganger om dagen skal hun og ni andre kvinner dra til det hemmelige hovedkvarteret, Ulvehiet, for å smake på maten før den blir servert til Føreren. Kvinnene tvinges til å spise noe som kan ta livet av dem, og de deler seg inn i to grupper: De lojale fanatikerne på den ene siden, og kvinnene som Rosa på den andre, de som insisterer på at de ikke er nazister, selv om de hver dag risikerer sitt eget liv for Hitlers.«Hennes evne til å formidle følelser av skyld, skam, kjærlighet og anger i en håndvending tyder på at vi kommer til å høre mer fra henne.» The New York Times Book Review«Denne boken – som forteller om kjærlighet, sult, overlevelse og anger – vil bli inngravert i hjertet ditt.» Marie Claire (Italy)"En foruroligende, mektig og nydelig skrevet bok basert på sjokkerende, virkelige hendelser." Christy Lefteri, forfatteren av The Beekeeper of Aleppo

Tyskland 1943: 26 år gamle Rosa er fattig, redd og alene, og tvinges av SS til å være prøvesmaker for Hitler. Tre ganger om dagen må hun og ni andre kvinner dra til Hitlers hemmelige hovedkvarter, Ulvehiet. Hitlers voktere frykter at maten kan være forgiftet, og med livet som innsats må kvinnene smake på rettene før de blir servert til Føreren ... Boken er basert på en sann historie.