Overview
Heroína para unos, asesina para otros.
Una novela sobre los días de Hannie Schaft en la resistencia holandesa contra el Tercer Reich.
Países Bajos, 1939. Un aire triste se respira en vísperas de Navidad. Las noticias alertan sobre la invasión de Hitler a Polonia y el miedo habita agazapado entre la gente. Para distraerse, Johanna Schaft, una estudiante de leyes en la Universidad de Ámsterdam, acepta la propuesta de una amiga judía de visitar a un afamado psicólogo jungiano y quiromante, quien le lee la mano y le revela que en los pocos años que le quedan hará más cosas tanto por ella misma como por su país de lo que la mayoría logra en una larga vida. El destino le ha deparado un papel crucial en la guerra que está por estallar…
Ráfaga Roja rescata la breve vida de Hannie Schaft, quien disfrazada de hombre, obrero o soldado, llegó a convertirse en un ícono de la resistencia holandesa durante la ocupación alemana. Su captura, ordenada por el mismo Führer, se consideró de alta prioridad, y su fama pronto adquirió tintes de leyenda, hasta ser conocida ante el enemigo como «la chica del cabello rojo».
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Heroine to some, murderer to others.
A novel about Hannie Schaft’s days in the Dutch resistance against the Third Reich.
Netherlands, 1939. A somber air hangs over Christmas Eve. The news warns of Hitler’s invasion of Poland, and fear lurks among the people. To distract herself, Johanna Schaft, a law student at the University of Amsterdam, accepts a Jewish friend’s invitation to visit a renowned Jungian psychologist and palm reader, who examines her hand and reveals that in the few years she has left, she will accomplish more—both for herself and her country—than most do in a lifetime. Fate has destined her to play a crucial role in the war about to erupt…
Red Gust revives the brief life of Hannie Schaft, who disguised as a man, a laborer, or a soldier, became an icon of the Dutch resistance during the German occupation. Her capture, ordered by Hitler himself, was deemed a high priority, and her fame soon took on legendary proportions, earning her the enemy’s infamous title of “the girl with the red hair.”
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