Siberian Odyssey of Hans Schroeder, The

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Siberian Odyssey of Hans Schroeder, The

By (author): Ashis Gupta

The Siberian Odyssey of Hans Schroeder is the ironic and tragic story of a young German mesmerized by the Hitler Youth aura who finds himself on the Russian front where he is taken prisoner. Years later, he is released from his Siberian prisoner-of-war camp and eventually emigrates to Massachusetts, USA, and leads what appears to be an exemplary family life. And, then, he commits the gruesome crime of a double murder. During the course of his trial, his past experiences are exposed under psychiatric investigations, experiences that bring to light the dramatic events Hans was a part of while a prisoner.

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Ashis Gupta

Contributors are: Adelle Foley, Molly Peacock, Franz Douskey, Anne Marie Macari, David, Jay Parini, Stephen Sandy, Ralph James Savarese, Richard Wibur, Jan Heller Levi, Julio Marzán, Charles Pratt, Frederick Feirstein, Samuel Hazo, Michael Collier, Greg Delanty, Dick Allen, Robert Bagg, Diana der-Hovanessian, Wendell Berry, John Drexel, Clayton Eshleman, Jack Foley, Margaret Gibson, Judith Hall, Michael Harper, Richard Harteis, William Heyen, Ben Howard, X.J. Kennedy, Caroline Knox, Maxine Kumin, David Lehman, Gardner McFall. David McKain, Jane Mead, Kevin McGrath, Joan Alesire William Meredith, Alicia Ostriker, Marge Piercy, David Ray, Judy Ray, F.D. Reeve, Ira Sadoff, Richard Schaaf, James Scully, Vivian Shipley, Robert Siegel, W.D. Snodgrass, Lucien Stryk, Thom Tammaro, Michael Waters, Cecilia Woloch, and Matthew Zapruder.Ashis Gupta, the editor of this collection, is a novelist and the publisher of Bayeux Arts, Inc. Ashis holds a doctorate in English Literature from Boston University, and has taught in many parts of the world. He lives in Calgary, Alberta.