For the first time in a single volume, these are two of Heinrich Boll's early novels. The Silent Angel, which was the first novel Boll ever wrote, tells the heartbreaking story of a German soldier at the end of the war, struggling to survive after returning to the ruins of his home town. A Soldier's Legacy is the story of a friendship between two soldiers, shattered by the murder of one of them by his own commanding officer. Together they make a dazzling study of both the horrors of war, and the despair and new-found hope ...
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For the first time in a single volume, these are two of Heinrich Boll's early novels. The Silent Angel, which was the first novel Boll ever wrote, tells the heartbreaking story of a German soldier at the end of the war, struggling to survive after returning to the ruins of his home town. A Soldier's Legacy is the story of a friendship between two soldiers, shattered by the murder of one of them by his own commanding officer. Together they make a dazzling study of both the horrors of war, and the despair and new-found hope which follows defeat.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. -Minor shelfwear-previous owner's name and date to front free endpaper-Some creasing to edges of dustwrapper-otherwise a clean bright tight book in untorn dustwrapper-224 pages.
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Near Fine- in Near Fine- jacket. NON price-clipped dust jacket [£ 14.99 net] in new archival mylar, clean, crisp, colors bright, minor edge wear. Black boards, clean, bright gilt spine lettering, minor display wear at extremities. Pages [173] clean, mostly unmarked [2 pages with short note at margin], binding tight and square. The author, a Nobel Prize laureate, wrote this novel, his first, between 1949-51, it was originally thought be lost, and first published in Germany in 1992. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described.
