Synopses & Reviews
<b><font face=Arial size=2><br/><p align=left>H E I N R I C H B Ö L L </b></font><font face=Arial color=#231f20 size=2>(1917-85) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972. He was one of the most outspoken of literary figures, "The Conscience of Germany" if not the West, in speaking upon the hypocrisies of both denazification and the wonder of German economic recovery during the 1950s. A wounded soldier himself, BÖll was a champion of individual rights over the authority of the State.</p><br/><div align=left>The year he won the Nobel Prize, there were also calls to revoke the award following BÖll's article in Der Spiegel in defense of the constitutional rights or a terrorist group.<br/></div><br/><div><br/>Essays in this volume include:<br/> </div><font face=Arial color=#231f20 size=1><br/><div align=left>Cause of Death: Hooked Nose<br/>In the Darkness<br/>My Uncle Fred<br/>The Postcard<br/>Murke's Collected Silence<br/>Action Will Be Taken<br/>Bonn Diary</div><font face=Arial color=#231f20 size=1><br/><div align=left>When the War Broke Out<br/>When the War Was Over<br/>The Staech Affair<br/>Till Death Do Us Part<br/>Rendezvous with Margaret<br/>In Defense of Washtubs<br/>The Freedom of Art</div><font face=Arial color=#231f20 size=1><br/><div align=left>Individual Human Dignity<br/>Nobel Prize Acceptance<br/>Undine's Mighty Father<br/>My Father's Cough<br/>In Defense of Rubble Lite<br/>This Type of Cheap Propaganda</div></font></font></font></font>>
Synopsis
HEINRICH BOLL (1917-85) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972. He was one of the most outspoken of literary figures, "The Conscience of Germany" if not the West, in speaking upon the hypocrisies of both denazification and the wonder of German economic recovery during the 1950s. A wounded soldier himself, Boll was a champion of individual rights over the authority of the State.
The year he won the Nobel Prize, there were also calls to revoke the award following Boll's article in Der Spiegel in defense of the constitutional rights or a terrorist group.
Essays in this volume include:
Cause of Death: Hooked Nose
In the Darkness
My Uncle Fred
The Postcard
Murke's Collected Silence
Action Will Be Taken
Bonn Diary
When the War Broke Out
When the War Was Over
The Staech Affair
Till Death Do Us Part
Rendezvous with Margaret
In Defense of Washtubs
The Freedom of Art
Individual Human Dignity
Nobel Prize Acceptance
Undine's Mighty Father
My Father's Cough
In Defense of Rubble Lite
This Type of Cheap Propaganda
Table of Contents
Cause of Death: Hooked NoseIn the DarknessMy Uncle FredThe PostcardMurke's Collected SilenceAction Will Be TakenBonn DiaryWhen the War Broke OutWhen the War Was OverThe Staech AffairTill Death Do Us PartRendezvous with Margaret Undine's Mighty FatherMy Father's CoughIn Defense of Rubble LiteIn Defense of WashtubsThe Freedom of ArtIndividual Human DignityNobel Prize AcceptanceThis Type of Cheap Propaganda