Billiards at Half-Past Nine (The Essential Heinrich Boll)

Billiards at Half-Past Nine (The Essential Heinrich Boll)

BÃ¶llâ€™s well-known opposition to fascism and war informs this moving story of a single day in the life of traumatized soldier Robert Faehmel, scion of a family of successful Cologne architects, as he struggles to return to ordinary life after the Second World War. An encounter with a war-timeÂ nemesis, now a power in the reconstruction of Germany, forces him to confront private memories and the wounds of Germanyâ€™s defeat in the two World Wars.
Country USA
Brand Melville House
Manufacturer Melville House
Binding Paperback
Color Orange
ReleaseDate 2010-12-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781935554189

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