Sharks and Little Fish

Sharks And Little Fish
First US edition (Pantheon Books)
Author Wolfgang Ott
Original title Haie und kleine Fische
Translator Ralph Manheim
Country Germany
Language English
Publisher The Lyons Press
Publication date
1954 (German)
1957 (English)
Pages 432
ISBN 978-1-58574-809-9
OCLC 53028703

Sharks and Little Fish is a novel written by German author Wolfgang Ott. First published in 1954, it is based on the author's own experiences as a young submariner. The story centers on a sailor called Teichmann, a cynical young man, thrown at the age of seventeen into the horror and cruelty of submarine warfare in World War II.[1]

"A German counterpart to The Caine Mutiny" - Frederic Morton.[2]

References

  1. "Sharks and Little Fish - Wolfgang Ott". AllNavyBooks. Archived from the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. Ott, Wolfgang (2003). Sharks and Little Fish: A Novel of German Submarine Warfare. Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 1-58574-809-9.
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