The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.

Germany, 1931. The youth novel "Emil and the Detectives" is being filmed, which will make its author, Erich Kästner, world famous. An unusual friendship begins between the childless author and fatherless Hans, the 9-year-old playing the character Little Tuesday. Their friendship is put to the ultimate test in the Third Reich when Kästner's books are banned and little Hans becomes a Hitler Youth. Based on a true story.

《活着回来的男人》是第一部以普通人的视角记述二战前后日本生活史的著作。 书中主人公小熊谦二（作者的父亲），出生于1925年，十九岁被征兵送往中国东北，后遭苏联拘留于战俘营，在严酷的西伯利亚劳动了三年。活着返回日本后，谦二在不断更换工作时，染上当时视为绝症的肺结核。从二十五岁到三十岁，人生最失落的光景在疗养所中孤独地度过。失去半边肺叶的谦二，以三十岁“高龄”重归社会，幸而赶上日本经济高速增长的浪潮，得以从“下层的下层”爬到“下层的中层”。升为银发族后，他甚至与身在中国延边的“原朝鲜日本兵”吴雄根共同成为原告，向日本政府发起战后诉讼赔偿。作者以平实的叙事和开阔的视角记录了自己的父亲作为一个普通日本兵的生命轨迹，同时融入同时期的经济、政策、法制等状况，形成了一部“活生生的二十世纪史”。