The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum: Or: How Violence Develops and Where it Can Le

Description: The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Boll FROM THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATUREKatharina Blum is pretty, bright, hard-working and at the centre of a big city scandal when she falls in love with a young radical on the run from the police. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description An unforgettable novel that shows how easily a life can be ruined when the police and the media are allowed to run rampage through a persons life. It resonates as strongly today as it did in 1970s Germany.FROM THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATUREKatharina Blum is pretty, bright, hard-working and at the centre of a big city scandal when she falls in love with a young radical on the run from the police. Portrayed by the citys leading newspaper as a whore, a communist and an atheist, she becomes the target of anonymous phone calls and sexual threats. Blums life is systematically undone by the distortions of a corrupt press, concerned only with presenting the most salacious story. This is a chilling and unforgettable novel from a Nobel Prize-winning writer. Notes This chilling and unforgettable novel, which shows how easily a life can be ruined when the police, and more significantly, the media, are allowed to run rampage, resonates as strongly today as it did in 1970s Germany. Back Cover FROM THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE Boll sustains a masterly and insidious tension to the end. He is detached, angry and totally in control The Times Katharina Blum is pretty, bright, hard-working and at the centre of a big city scandal when she falls in love with a young radical on the run from the police. Portrayed by the citys leading newspaper as a whore, a communist and an atheist, she becomes the target of anonymous phone calls and sexual threats. Blums life is systematically undone by the distortions of a corrupt press, concerned only with presenting the most salacious story. This is a chilling and unforgettable novel from a Nobel Prize-winning writer. See also: The Scarlet Letter Author Biography Heinrich B ll was one of the trio of great German writers (along with Thomas Mann and Herman Hesse) who have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. B ll was born in Cologne in 1917 and brought up 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 prisoner-of-war camp. After the war he enrolled at the University of Cologne, but dropped out to write about his shattering experience 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, Children are Civilians Too, Group Portrait with Lady, The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum, And Never Said a Word and The Safety Net. B ll served for several years as president of International P.E.N. and was a leading defender of the intellectual freedom of writers throughout the world. He died in 1985. Review Boll sustains a masterly and insidious tension to the end. He is detached, angry and totally in control * The Times *Such is the force of Bolls conviction, the clarity of his vision and the icy economy of his unemotive prose that within this short space he has distilled a spirit that burns into the palate the unmistakeable and lasting tang of truth * Sunday Times *A marvel of compression and irony * Sunday Telegraph * Promotional An unforgettable novel that shows how easily a life can be ruined when the police and the media are allowed to run rampage through a persons life. It resonates as strongly today as it did in 1970s Germany. Review Text Boll sustains a masterly and insidious tension to the end. He is detached, angry and totally in control Review Quote Boll sustains a masterly and insidious tension to the end. He is detached, angry and totally in control Promotional "Headline" An unforgettable novel that shows how easily a life can be ruined when the police and the media are allowed to run rampage through a persons life. It resonates as strongly today as it did in 1970s Germany. Details ISBN0749398981 Author Heinrich Boll Pages 144 Series Vintage classics Year 1993 ISBN-10 0749398981 ISBN-13 9780749398989 Format Paperback Publication Date 1993-11-15 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from German DEWEY 833.914 Birth 1917 Death 1985 Media Book Publisher Vintage Publishing Subtitle Or: How Violence Develops and Where it Can Lead Imprint Vintage Classics UK Release Date 1993-11-15 AU Release Date 1993-11-15 NZ Release Date 1993-11-15 Alternative 9781448104833 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:1124440;

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