The Train Was On Time
Heinrich Böll’s taut and haunting first novel tells the story of twenty-four-year-old Private Andreas as he journeys on a troop train across the German countryside to the Eastern front. Trapped, he knows that Hitler has already lost the war ... yet he is suddenly galvanized by the thought that he...
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Heinrich Böll’s taut and haunting first novel tells the story of twenty-four-year-old Private Andreas as he journeys on a troop train across the German countryside to the Eastern front. Trapped, he knows that Hitler has already lost the war ... yet he is suddenly galvanized by the thought that he is on the way to his death. As the train hurtles on, he riffs through prayers and memories, talks with other soldiers about what they’ve been through, and gazes desperately out the window at his country racing away. With mounting suspense, Andreas is gripped by one thought over all: Is there a way to defy his fate?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781935554325 (1935554328)
Publish date: March 18th 2011
Publisher: Melville House
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
War,
German Literature,
Nobel Prize,
Germany,
Dark
Ich mag Böll. Normalerweise finde ich ständige Innensicht und Gedankenwälzen extrem anstrengend, aber "Der Zug war pünktlich" hat mir gefallen. Äußerlich passiert ja nicht viel, aber sprachlich dafür umso mehr :)
الفكرة جميلة ولاقت هوي في نفسي ، وإن كتبها قصة قصيرة لصارت عبقرية ، لا أدري هل هناك مشكلة في الترجمةأم ماذا ، فلقد رافقني الملل بصورة بشعة في هذه الرواية وخاصة في الجزء الأول منها بشكل يلغي أي متعة حدثت في النصف الثاني منها
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