| Author: | Heinrich Boll, Jessa Crispin | ISBN: | 9781935554844 |
| Publisher: | Melville House | Publication: | December 15, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Melville House | Language: | English |
| Author: | Heinrich Boll, Jessa Crispin |
| ISBN: | 9781935554844 |
| Publisher: | Melville House |
| Publication: | December 15, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Melville House |
| Language: | English |
Böll’s well-known opposition to fascism and war informs this moving story of a single day in the life of traumatized soldier Robert Faehmel, scion of a family of successful Cologne architects, as he struggles to return to ordinary life after the Second World War. An encounter with a war-time nemesis, now a power in the reconstruction of Germany, forces him to confront private memories and the wounds of Germany’s defeat in the two World Wars.
Böll’s well-known opposition to fascism and war informs this moving story of a single day in the life of traumatized soldier Robert Faehmel, scion of a family of successful Cologne architects, as he struggles to return to ordinary life after the Second World War. An encounter with a war-time nemesis, now a power in the reconstruction of Germany, forces him to confront private memories and the wounds of Germany’s defeat in the two World Wars.
