Heinrich Böll – Knjiga.hr

The Train Was on Time

Tue, 26 May 2026 18:08:34 +0000

A short, powerful early novel set during the Second World War, this work follows a young German soldier traveling by train to the Eastern Front, convinced that his death awaits him there. Over the course of the journey and a brief leave in occupied Poland, he forms a fragile human connection that throws his fatalism into sharp relief. Spare and unsentimental, the novel explores themes of inevitability, guilt, love, and the quiet moral cost of war on ordinary individuals. Its author, later awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, is known for his humane, critical portrayals of postwar German society. This concise, haunting narrative offers an intimate entry point into his enduring concerns and will appeal to readers of literary war fiction and existential drama.

And where were you, Adam?

Tue, 26 May 2026 18:07:08 +0000

Set during the final, chaotic months of the Second World War, this novel follows a young German soldier moving through a collapsing Eastern Front. In a sequence of stark, episodic scenes, he encounters fellow soldiers, civilians, and officers whose lives are shaped—and often shattered—by a senseless conflict drawing to its inevitable end. Rather than focusing on battlefield heroics, the narrative probes moral responsibility, guilt, faith, and the quiet complicity of ordinary people caught in history’s violence. Written by a Nobel Prize–winning German author renowned for his clear-eyed examinations of postwar conscience, the book combines spare prose with deep moral urgency. It offers a powerful meditation on individual accountability in times of collective catastrophe. Readers interested in literary war fiction, German postwar literature, or thoughtful explorations of ethics under extreme pressure will find this a compelling and unsettling work.

Dalje od trupe

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:12:11 +0000

Kratki roman jednog od najznačajnijih nemačkih pisaca posleratne književnosti donosi intimnu i potresnu priču o vojniku odvojenom od svoje jedinice tokom Drugog svetskog rata. Kroz njegovu perspektivu razotkriva se besmisao rata, birokratska hladnoća vojnog sistema i unutrašnja borba pojedinca rastrzanog između dužnosti i savesti. Böll, dobitnik Nobelove nagrade za književnost 1972. godine, poznat je po humanističkom pristupu i kritici društvenih i političkih struktura, a i ovde su u središtu pažnje moralna odgovornost, krivica i potreba za ličnim dostojanstvom. Ovo je sažeto, snažno delo koje će zainteresovati čitaoce sklone ozbiljnoj, introspektivnoj prozi i književnosti koja preispituje istoriju i čovekovu ulogu u njoj.

Foto di gruppo con signora

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:26:56 +0000

Romanzo tra i più importanti di Heinrich Böll, Premio Nobel per la Letteratura nel 1972, è un ampio affresco della Germania del Novecento attraverso la figura di Leni, donna semplice e insieme straordinaria. Intorno a lei si compone un “ritratto di gruppo” fatto di voci, testimonianze e punti di vista diversi che ricostruiscono la sua vita dagli anni del nazismo al dopoguerra. Con sguardo ironico e partecipe, Böll indaga la responsabilità individuale, l’ipocrisia sociale, la memoria e la dignità umana, offrendo un romanzo corale, ricco di umanità e profondità morale, capace di parlare ancora al lettore contemporaneo.

Group Portrait with Lady

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:27:13 +0000

A rich and unconventional novel by the Nobel Prize–winning German author, this book pieces together the life of Leni Pfeiffer through interviews, documents, and shifting perspectives. Set against the backdrop of twentieth-century Germany—from the Nazi era through the postwar economic boom—it builds a “group portrait” not only of one woman but of a society marked by conformity, compromise, and moral upheaval. With irony, compassion, and sharp social insight, the narrative examines love, resilience, and quiet resistance in the face of political and cultural pressures. Both intimate and panoramic, it offers a humane and subtly satirical exploration of modern German history and the individuals who endure it.

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Mon, 21 Aug 2023 18:53:27 +0000

Zaveštanje

Sun, 11 Sep 2022 12:52:38 +0000

Brižljiva opsada

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 19:06:15 +0000

I ne reče ni reči

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 18:35:31 +0000

Grupna slika s damom

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 15:04:07 +0000