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“This evocation of the great German humanistic tradition is salutary amid so much pain and absurdity. And no writer is more qualified than Heinrich Böll to evoke that tradition.” ―Washington Post
These stories by Nobel Prize winner Heinrich Böll, written between 1946 and 1952 but only published here in 1987, are stunning accounts of German soldiers in a war they did not want and the bleak aftermath of Germany in ruins. In this early work, Böll’s style is already powerful and evocative, engaging in the moral drama that will come to fruition in such later works as Billiards at Half-Past Nine, The Clown, Group Portrait with Lady, and The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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Leila Vennewitz was the distinguished translator of Heinrich Böll and other postwar German writers, including Jurek Becker and Martin Walser. She won numerous awards for her translations. She died in 2007.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German
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- PublisherChatto & Windus
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 070112928X
- ISBN 13 9780701129286
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages160
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Hardcover. Condition: VG/VG+/VG. y First Edition Thus. HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1986* Publisher: Chatto and Windus.* Binding and cover condition: Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, some edge wear. VG+* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £9.95. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edges. Spine very slightly faded. Covered in clear library jacket taped at front paste down. VG* Contents condition: Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and labels. Clean, crisp and tight with minor reading wear, no marks to text, slight marks to top and fore edge. VG* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 189 pp. text.* Description: This collection of stories written between 1946 and 1952, by the winner of the 1972 Nobel Peace Prize for Literature tells of the despair and hardship of ordinary Germans caught up in a brutal war. The horrors depicted in terms of both human tragedy and spiritual degradation aim to dispel the myth that all Germans supported Hitler and his war. Boll describes the struggle of the common man, trapped in muddy holes at the Russian front or amid the rubble of devastated cities, desperate to survive and to preserve his humanity. The author's work includes "Absent Without Leave" and "The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum" which was made into a film. He died in 1985.* A VG copy with some minor faults and with ex-library stamps and labels.* Vennewitz, L. 1986-10-16. n. Seller Inventory # 4383
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The Casualty - 1st UK Edition/1st Printing
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ISBN 10: 070112928X
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