![]() ![]() After failing to develop as a musician, he turns to theology, initially as an academic pursuit, not a spiritual calling. Raised in a privileged, upper-middle-class German family at the beginning of the 20th century, Bonhoeffer is a sheltered and dreamy loner, indulged and protected by his family. ![]() Saints and Villains recreates the life and martyrdom of German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who participated in a plot to kill Hitler and was executed at Buchenwald in the waning days of World War II. Saints and Villains was awarded the Boston Book Review fiction prize and was semifinalist for the International Dublin Literary Award. ![]() It is a fictionalized biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German Lutheran pastor who opposed fascism, became involved in a plot to assassinate Hitler, and was ultimately hanged by the Nazis. Saints and Villains is a 1998 novel by Denise Giardina. 1998 novel by Denise Giardina Saints and Villains ![]()
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