Name: The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (Penguin Classics)
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Author: Heinrich Böll
ISBN: 9780143105404

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The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (Penguin Classics)

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Physical Book

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Publisher

Year

2009

Language

English

Pages

176

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.1 x 12.7 x 1.0 cm

Weight

0.11 kg.

ISBN

014310540X

ISBN13

9780143105404

Edition No.

Synopsis "The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (Penguin Classics) "

Nobel Prize winner Heinrich Böll's powerful novel about a woman terrorized by the media A Penguin Classic In an era in which journalists will stop at nothing to break a story, Henrich Böll's The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum has taken on heightened relevance. A young woman's association with a hunted man makes her the target of a journalist determined to grab headlines by portraying her as an evil woman. As the attacks on her escalate and she becomes the victim of anonymous threats, Katharina sees only one way out of her nightmare. Turning the mystery genre on its head, the novel begins with the confession of a crime, drawing the reader into a web of sensationalism, character assassination, and the unavoidable eruption of violence. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Heinrich Böll

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Heinrich Böll (1917-1985) fue un influyente escritor alemán, Premio Nobel de Literatura 1972, conocido por su cruda representación de la Alemania de posguerra, su crítica al nazismo y su profundo compromiso social y pacifista, abogando por la solidaridad humana y los derechos civiles, temas centrales en obras como "El tren llegó puntual" y "Opiniones de un payaso". Su vida, marcada por la Segunda Guerra Mundial, lo convirtió en una voz incorruptible contra la injusticia y el autoritarismo, defendiendo a perseguidos y criticando la sociedad materialista.

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