A review by sawyerbell
Ferdinand, The Man with the Kind Heart: A Novel by Irmgard Keun

4.0

I very much enjoyed this darkly humorous, often discursive and always philosophical novella about a German POW's attempt to find meaning in his life once he attains his freedom. The story is filled with wry, sometimes sad and sometimes snarkily hilarious observations on his experiences as a youth, bookseller, conscript, POW and 'returnee ". It was a pleasure to read and I look forward to discovering more of Keun's work.