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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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Billar a las nueve y media, Heinrich Böll, Margarita Fontsere
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- 1984
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- Language
- Spanish
- Authors
- Heinrich Böll, Margarita Fontsere
- Publisher
- Seix Barral
- Released
- 1984
- Format
- Other
- Pages
- 326
- ISBN10
- 8432222097
- ISBN13
- 9788432222092
- 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
- Description
- 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.