by Leila Vennewitz, Heinrich Böll
When he wrote this novella in 1974, Heinrich Boll was furious with the yellow press; anger radiates from the very disclaimer (which states that the newspaper in this book is totally not the Bild-Zeitung, but hey, if the shoe fits….). Nevertheless, this is one of those books that manages to tell its ...
When he wrote this novella in 1974, Heinrich Boll was furious with the yellow press; anger radiates from the very disclaimer (which states that the newspaper in this book is totally not the Bild-Zeitung, but hey, if the shoe fits….). Nevertheless, this is one of those books that manages to tell its ...
bookshelves: radio-4, autumn-2012, fradio, published-1974, nobel-laureate, shortstory-shortstories-novellas Recommended for: BBC radio listeners Read on October 19, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/...BBC blurb: A brilliant exploration of the corrosive impact of tabloid journalism on o...
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...
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...
A fine little novella, though not the masterpieces that Billiards, or especially Group Portrait are. Blum is a pale Leni...
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...
This book depressed me at so many different level it's a wonder I could finish it. No fault of the book,just my own private bag of garbage and thousands association I got reading it.
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