This is the first complete English translation of the play that many critics consider to be Durrenmatt's finest work. Unlike an earlier version adapted for the English-language stage, this translation adheres faithfully to the author's original play as it
First published in 1953, And Never Said a Word is one of Heinrich Böll's finest works, a novel that explores the extremities of marriage with depth and compassion. Böll evokes an entire emotional world in the space of a day and a half as husband and wif
Heinrich Bölls letztes Werk - in dem die Frauen der Politiker aus der Bonner Regierungszeit im Mittelpunkt stehen.Ihre Villen stehen zwischen Bonn und Bad Godesberg, auf dem politischen Parkett dürfen sie nur als dekorative Statistinnen auftreten: die F
Das einzige Drama des früh verstorbenen Dichters ist ein verzweifelter Protestschrei gegen die zerstörerische und verderbnisträchtige Macht des Krieges. Seine Erzählungen und Prosastücke berichten mit sicher akzentuierter Ausdruckskraft von den verhe
End of a Mission, written in 1968, finds Heinrich Boll trying to come to terms with his country's monstrous past in an investigation of an inexplicable crime and an even more absurd trial. Told to rack up mileage on a jeep to prepare it for inspection, a
From Nobel Prize winner Heinrich Boll, an inventive & sardonic portrayal of the effects of the Nazi period on a group of ordinary people. Weaving together the stories of a diverse array of characters, Boll explores the often bizarre & always very
Contents:Life story by John BarthThe seventh trunk by Heinrich BöllHow I contemplated the world from the Detroit House of Correction and began my life over again by Joyce Carol OatesThe coal shoveller by Keith FortPierre Menard, author of Don Quixote by
This volume collects sixty-three stories and novellas written by Heinrich Böll between 1947 and 1985. It brings together selections from Böll's earlier collections and some previously unpublished work. The chronological organization represents the entir
