Heinrich Boll

Irish Journal

by Heinrich Boll, Leila Vennewitz & Hugo Hamilton

A unique entry in the Böll library, Irish Journal records an eccentric tour of Ireland in the 1950's. An epilogue written fourteen years later reflects on the enormous changes to the country and the people...

The Train Was On Time

by Heinrich Boll

Heinrich Böll’s taut and haunting first novel tells the story of twenty-four-year-old Private Andreas as he journeys on a troop train across the German countryside to the Eastern front. Trapped, he knows...

The Safety Net

by Heinrich Boll

Fritz Tolm has risen to the most powerful position in Germany. With fame comes fear and vulnerability. Threats to his life are met with the all-pervasive “safety-net” of police protection and surveillance....

The Collected Stories of Heinrich Boll

by Heinrich Boll & Leila Vennewitz

The definitive short story collection by the Nobel Laureate and master of the form

These diverse, psychologically rich, and morally profound stories explore the consequences of war on individuals and on an entire...

What's to Become of the Boy?: Or, Something to Do with Books

by Heinrich Boll, Leila Vennewitz & Anne Applebaum

A vivid account of growing up poor, rebellious, and anti-Fascist in Nazi Germany

What’s to Become of the Boy? is a spirited, insightful, and wonderfully sympathetic memoir about life during wartime written...