Boll heinrich

1984 · 34721 — New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1984. First Edition. 8vo publisher's original maroon cloth over paper covered boards the spine lettered in gilt the upper cover with Böll's initials in gilt in the original pictorially decorated dustjacket. iv 82 4 pp. A very fine copy essentially as mint. First Edition. Heinrich Böll received the Nobel Prize for literature the first German to be awarded the prize since Thomas Mann in 1929. His books include The Train was On Time Billiards at Half-Past Nine The Clown Group Portrait with Lady and The Safety Net. He was president of Internation P.E.N. and a leading defender of the intellectual freedom of writers throughout the world. This book is about his growing up in Germany during the war years and the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover