All 8 books in our Essential Heinrich Böll series collected here and sold at more than 30% off. The set includes:
THE COLLECTED STORIES
“Böll combines a mammoth intelligence with a literary outlook that is masterful and unique.”—Joseph Heller
BILLIARDS AT HALF-PAST NINE
“Daringly and hypnotically written… an extended soliloquy on memory, recrimination and tenuous hope.” —Sam Sacks, The Wall Street Journal
THE TRAIN WAS ON TIME
“Böll has feelingly symbolized a guilty Germany doing penance for its sins through suffering and death.” —Time
GROUP PORTRAIT WITH LADY
“His most grandly conceived [novel]… the magnum opus which so far crowns his work.” —The Nobel Prize Committee
THE SAFETY NET
“His work reaches the highest level of creative originality and stylistic perfection.” —The Daily Telegraph
IRISH JOURNAL
“Irish Journal has a beguiling charm that perfectly suits the landscape and temperament of its subject.” —BILL BRYSON, The New York Times Book Review
WHAT’S TO BECOME OF THE BOY? OR SOMETHING TO DO WITH BOOKS
“What’s to Become of the Boy? makes an ideal short introduction to Böll. At the same time, it offers an unusual perspective on Hitler’s rise to power: The rise of totalitarianism and the stultification of cicil society, as seen through the eyes of a teenage boy.” —Anne Applebaum, from the introduction