El Matarife Sandor Marai Epub (1000+ TRUSTED)
: During World War I, Otto is mobilised to the front. He finds that the skills he used on livestock translate seamlessly into the "obediencia criminal" (criminal obedience) of war, where he bayonets enemies with the same clinical detachment he used on cattle.
: His fascination with violence begins in childhood when he watches the slaughter of an ox with admiration. El Matarife Sandor Marai epub
: The book is a brief, intense read divided into three chapters, making it more of a "long short story" or novella. : During World War I, Otto is mobilised to the front
: Márai uses Otto as a vessel to explore how war turns human nature into something "abject and savage". It critiques the "new and terrifying normality" of the early 20th century. : During World War I