Salt to the Sea

“Two unrelated people—Florian and Emilia—meet by chance after he saves her from a potential rapist, and together they seek shelter in a barn, where they meet other refugees: Joana, Heinz, Klaus, Ingrid, and Eva. It emerges that they are all running from something other than the war, especially the four primary characters from whose perspective the story is told—they are all being “hunted” by something. Later, the Nazi perspective is depicted in the form of a young Nazi officer named Alfred, who emerges as a very callous and dangerous person.”