June 1973. Hardcover . Very Good/Acceptable. Boll,Heinrich Group Portrait with Lady Edgewear with tearing to dust jacket, binding sound and pages unmarked but lightly tanning. All Orders Shipped With Tracking And Delivery Confirmation Numbers.

Synopsis

In 1972, Heinrich Böll became the first German to win the Nobel Prize for literature since Thomas Mann in 1929. Born in Cologne, in 1917, Böll was reared in a liberal Catholic, pacifist family. Drafted into the Wehrmacht, he served on the Russian and French fronts and was wounded four times before he found himself in an American prison camp. After the war he enrolled at the University of Cologne, but dropped out to write about his shattering experiences as a soldier. His first novel, The Train Was on Time , was published in 1949, and he went on to become one of the most prolific and important of post-war German writers. His best-known novels include Billiards at Half-Past Nine (1959), The Clown (1963), Group Portrait with Lady (1971), and The Safety Net (1979). In 1981 he published a memoir, What’s to Become of the Boy? or: Something to Do with Books . Böll served for several years as the president of International P.E.N. and was a leading defender of the intellectual freedom of writers throughout the world. He died in June 1985. Translator LEILA VENNEWITZ was a distinguished translator of many other German authors, most notably Hermann Hesse, Uwe Timm, Alexander Kluge, Alfred Andresch among others.

Reviews

(Log in or Create an Account first!)

Details

Bookseller: Colorado's Used Bookstore, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 437052
Title: Group Portrait With Lady
Author: Boll,Heinrich
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0070064237
ISBN 13: 9780070064232
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: June 1973
Pages: 405
Keywords: Boll,Heinrich Group Portrait with Lady

Terms of Sale

Colorado's Used Bookstore, Inc.

Visa, MasterCard. Returns must be returned to bookstore within 10 days for credit on the books only.

About the Seller

Colorado's Used Bookstore, Inc.

This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.

Biblio member since 2005

Englewood, Colorado

Ask Seller a Question

About Colorado's Used Bookstore, Inc.

Buy and sell used books

Glossary

Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...