The Stories of Heinrich Böll

This volume contains sixty-three short stories and novellas written by Heinrich B��ll between 1947 and 1985. It brings together selections from B��ll's earlier collections Eighteen Stories (1966) and Children are Civilians Too (1970), stories published only in periodicals, four novellas from Absent Without Leave (1965) and Adam and the Train (1970), the novella A Soldier's Legacy (1986) and some previously unpublished work. The chronological organization represents the entire span of B��ll's career, from the stories of the early postwar period, which focus upon the experiences of the soldier and the returning veteran, toe the masterfully satirical tales of later years, with their sharp criticism of the new German sociopolitical order. Superbly translated by Leila Vennewitz, The Stories of Heinrich B��ll is among the many B��ll titles now available in the European Classics series published by Northwestern University Press. - Back cover.… (more)