The Casualty by Heinrich Boll

The Casualty by Heinrich Boll

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A collection of stories written between 1946 and 1952 telling of the despair and hardship of ordinary Germans caught up in a brutal war. The horrors depicted in terms of both human tradegy and spiritual degradation aims to dispel the myth that all Germans supported Hitler and his war.

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The Casualty by Heinrich Boll

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 tradegy 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.
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ISBN 13 9780701208479
ISBN 10 0701208473
Title The Casualty
Author Heinrich Boll
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Vintage
Year published 1989-01-23
Number of pages 192
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