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Boll's well-known, vehement opposition to fascism and war informs this moving story of Robert Faehmel. After being drawn into the Second World War to command retreating German forces despite his anti-Nazi feelings, Faehmel struggles to re-establish a normal life at war's end. He adheres to a rigorous schedule, including a daily game of billiards. When his routine is breached by an old friend, now a power in German reconstruction, Faehmel is forced to confront both public and private memories.
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Billard um halb zehn, Heinrich Böll
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- Released
- 1991
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- Title
- Billard um halb zehn
- Language
- German
- Authors
- Heinrich Böll
- Publisher
- Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag
- Released
- 1991
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 239
- ISBN10
- 3462012517
- ISBN13
- 9783462012514
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Family, Classics, German Literature, Military Fiction, Germany, Wars, Memories, Nazism, Church, Guilt, Morality, Victim, Generations, Generational Differences
- First published
- 1959
- Original title
- Billiard um halb zehn
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
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- Boll's well-known, vehement opposition to fascism and war informs this moving story of Robert Faehmel. After being drawn into the Second World War to command retreating German forces despite his anti-Nazi feelings, Faehmel struggles to re-establish a normal life at war's end. He adheres to a rigorous schedule, including a daily game of billiards. When his routine is breached by an old friend, now a power in German reconstruction, Faehmel is forced to confront both public and private memories.