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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. * Very nice book Little scuffing or nicking *. Unknown printing. [English, German]. 405 p. 24 cm. Translation of Gruppenbild mit Dame.
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Very Good+ in Good+ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very small crease lines by top spine corners. Dust jacket has 1" tear on top front panel edge, 1/2" tear on top rear panel edge, light surface scuffing and edgewear, no price on d/j flap. "...novel by the winner of The Nobel Prize for Literature 1972" (Originally published in German under the title of Gruppenbuld mit Dame). Cream colored cloth with gold lettering on spine, blind stamped title on front board with Nobel Prize for Literature 1972 in gold lettering. 405 pages.
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Good. No Jacket. Size: 9x6x1; No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. edge wear to boards, some light soiling to page ends; From Nobel Prize winner Heinrich Boll, an inventive & sardonic portrayal of the effects of the Nazi period on a group of ordinary people. Weaving together the stories of a diverse array of characters, Boll explores the often bizarre & always very human courses chosen by people attempting to survive in a world marked by political madness, absurdity & destruction. At the center of his tale is Leni Pfeiffer, a German woman whose secret romance with a Soviet prisoner of war both sustains & threatens her life. As the narrator interviews those who knew Pfeiffer, their stories come together in a dazzling mosaic, rich in satire, yet hinting at the promise of a saner world.
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**STOCK PHOTOS AND CATALOG INFO MAY VARY FROM ACTUAL BOOK, PLEASE REFER TO SELLER PHOTOS AND ITEM DESCRIPTION FOR MOST ACCURATE INFORMATION. THE SELLER PHOTO SHOWS THE EXACT COPY YOU WILL RECEIVE** This is a used book in GOOD condition. May have minor defects such as wearing to outside cover, a name written on inside cover, or a few notations throughout. Hardcover edition. Includes original dust jacket.
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Good in good dust jacket. Text in English, German. 405 p. Audience: General/trade. Unclipped dust jacket shows some edge chipping and considerable scuffint. Owner rubber stamp on flyleaf. Pages clean, binding tight.
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Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Jacket & boards have light wear. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. All pages secure in binding.
The main problem I had with this book is the ?talking head? tack that it takes. Very little is it is straight dialogue. While the view of life during the Nazi era are laid out in convincing words, the lack of what might be called proper ?scenes? or ?drama? gets enervating to read. You are reading other people?s accounts of what happened in the past and thus the long tracts of this comes off like a history lesson, even if the human element is included.
However, the clarity of the writing and the unflinching look at civilian behavior makes this a poignant and ultimately human story.
As the story of one woman?s life, a woman who startles by her desire for life and her lack of remorse in enjoying herself, we are treated to the feelings, thoughts, opinions and observations of those who knew her. The author created the woman, Leni Pfeiffer née Gruyten, to be reticent and taciturn so that the reader is forced to make his assessments of her character mainly through the viewpoints of others. It is not an unknown conceit; Bram Stoker did much the same thing with his legendary creation, Dracula. Like that horror novel, Böll not only shows us a glimpse of Leni?s character but a broad panorama of a nation in flux and a world at war.
