The Silent Angel
Author | : Heinrich Boll |
Publisher | : Picador |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1995-07-15 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015034415367 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Silent Angel written by Heinrich Boll and published by Picador. This book was released on 1995-07-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This long-supressed first novel from a Nobel Prize-winning author summons the full horror of war, while affirming the heart's capacity for love. Just days after the end of World War II, a German soldier returns to bombed-out Cologne, carrying the coast and will of a dead comrade's coat to his widow. Soon he begins a tentative romance with the woman, and together they seek a future in the ruined city.