These stories, written between 1946 and 1952 are stunning accounts of German soldiers in a war they did not want and the bleak aftermath of Germany in ruins. This Nobel Prize-winner's other works include Billiards at Half-Past Nine, The Clown, Group Portrait with Lady, and The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum.
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These stories, written between 1946 and 1952 are stunning accounts of German soldiers in a war they did not want and the bleak aftermath of Germany in ruins. This Nobel Prize-winner's other works include Billiards at Half-Past Nine, The Clown, Group Portrait with Lady, and The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum.
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Add this copy of The Casualty to cart. $78.00, very good condition, Sold by Hourglass Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Vancouver, BC, CANADA, published 1986 by Chatto & Windus.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+, Not Price Clipped jacket. Book. Signed by Translator Long dated [Vancouver, September '90] inscription by translator Leila Vennewitz on front end paper: "To __, with love-because she is one of those who can live comfortably in a foreign language that is no longer foreign. Leila"; another long inscription from the translator to her friend on a back end paper: "I feel a special bond with these stories because they span the period between Heinrich Boll's earliest writing years (1946-1952) and the last time [we] visited here, in September 1983"; also includes a photocopy of CBC Radio presentation by Ms. Vennewitz dated July 21, 1985; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy in collectible condition.
