An intriguing look at one family's experiences through two world wars in Germany, as seen from different perspectives and points in time. However, the writing can be a rather weighty and takes work to get through, especially with so many perspective changes and so many people to keep track of.
Eine höchst mittelmäßige langweilige kleine Geschichte. Den Hype darum verstehe ich so überhaupt nicht.Ein reicher Bengel ohne wirkliche Ziele aber mit einem Funken Intelligenz im Hirn, der grad aufgrund seiner gelangweilten Faulheit zum wiederholten Mal von der Schule geflogen ist, haut irgenwie ab...
The voice of this novel was something new to me: it is written in the form of a report, apparently reserved and unbiased, which presents the slow but effective process of Katharina Blum's public humiliation by police and press. It all begins with a murder (I'm not sure this may be considered a spoil...
When Heinrich Böll won the Nobel Prize, this novel was singled out as his crowning achievement, even though writers win for a body of work rather than an individual book. The novel is a marvelous panoramic look at German society during and after WWII, conducted as a kind of investigation into the li...
Boll's short scathing attack on how the media creates the news instead of, as it claims, just reporting it (I've refused to read "news" magazines for years because of just this fact). Since its 1974 the newspapers are the primary focus but you can transfer this to almost any "news" organization (th...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01nd826/15_Minute_Drama_The_Lost_Honour_of_Katharina_Blum_Episode_4/BBC blurb: A brilliant exploration of the corrosive impact of tabloid journalism on one young woman. The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum is dissects the power of the press and it's impact on indiv...
موقع خواندن عقاید یک دلقک، مدام یاد ناتور دشت می افتادم و فکر می کردم هانس شنیر، شبیه هولدن کالفید بود که عاقل نشده و حالا در بزرگسالی، همان حساسیت ها و زندگی نامسئولانه را ادامه می دهد.خلاصه داستان از این قرار است که دلقکی دائم الخمر، دچار یک شکست حرفه ای می شود و وادار می شود به زادگاهش بازگردد. ب...
What a marvelous, marvelous book...! If you've never read Böll at the height of his powers, you've a treat in store. Humane, funny, rich, poignant, full of irony and love and compassion.... A great book, not to put too fine a point on it.
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