Böll, Heinrich 1917-1985

Group portrait with lady by Heinrich Böll ( Book )
145 editions published between 1971 and 2011 in 19 languages and held by 2,678 libraries worldwide
This novel is an inventive and sardonic "portrait" of the effects of Nazi Germany on a small group of people who lived there during the war. The focal point is Leni Pfeiffer, in pursuit of whose history Böll's imaginary "author" interviews a vast number of characters who at one time or another have known her.

The clown by Heinrich Böll ( Book )
272 editions published between 1963 and 2010 in 23 languages and held by 2,522 libraries worldwide
A novel of a clown and mime who retreats to his home in post World War two Germany after an accident cripples him and leaves him trying to cope with his life, his "friends" dessertion, and the world around him.

The lost honor of Katharina Blum : how violence develops and where it can lead by Heinrich Böll ( Book )
150 editions published between 1974 and 2009 in 21 languages and held by 2,145 libraries worldwide
Een jonge vrouw raakt in conflict met de Duitse boulevardpers.

Billiards at half-past nine by Heinrich Böll ( Book )
137 editions published between 1959 and 2010 in 17 languages and held by 1,833 libraries worldwide
After being drawn into the Second World War to command retreating German forces despite his anti-Nazi feelings, Faehmel struggles to re-establish a normal life at war's end by creating a rigorous routine for himself, which includes a daily game of billiards.

The safety net by Heinrich Böll ( Book )
62 editions published between 1979 and 2010 in 12 languages and held by 1,757 libraries worldwide
Fritz Tolm has risen to the most powerful position in Germany. With fame comes fear and vulnerability. Threats to his life are met with the all-pervasive "safety-net" of police protection and surveillance. Trapped in a house they dare not leave, where every visitor is suspect and every object a potential bomb, Tolm and his family wait to discover when and how terrorism will overtake them.

And never said a word by Heinrich Böll ( Book )
169 editions published between 1953 and 2004 in 20 languages and held by 1,729 libraries worldwide
Analyse : Roman de société. Roman psychologique (intime).

The bread of those early years by Heinrich Böll ( Book )
153 editions published between 1950 and 2006 in 14 languages and held by 1,625 libraries worldwide
This masterful early work of the Nobel laureate tells the story of one day in the life of Walter Fendrich, a 23-year-old washing machine repairman. Wry, ironic, yet intensely felt, the story is set in post-World War II Germany, amid the growing materialism and spirtual wreckage left behind by the tide of the war. Fendrich, a young man torn by insecurity and despair, obsessed with hunger, finds himself and his world transformed when he becomes involved with the daughter of a high school principal.

Adam, and, the train: two novels by Heinrich Böll ( Book )
175 editions published between 1949 and 2010 in 13 languages and held by 1,596 libraries worldwide
The closing years of World War II in Germany.

The silent angel by Heinrich Böll ( Book )
46 editions published between 1992 and 2010 in 11 languages and held by 1,579 libraries worldwide
A German soldier returns home at the end of World War II. The novel follows him through the ruins of Cologne, searching for the widow of a man who died in his place. This was the Nobel Prize winner's first novel, only now translated into English.

The stories of Heinrich Böll by Heinrich Böll ( Book )
17 editions published between 1986 and 1995 in English and German and held by 1,540 libraries worldwide
Contains 63 stories and novellas by one of Germany's greatest writers.