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The Train Was on Time

Paperback • 2019 • 1. edition

The Train Was on Time

By Heinrich Böll

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About the book

'Boell's novel blows a stent in the human heart. . . It feels more necessary than ever.' Anna Funder, from the introductionTwenty-four-year-old Andreas, a disillusioned German soldier, is travelling on a troop train to the Eastern Front when he has an awful premonition that he will die in exactly five days. As he hurtles towards his death, he reflects on the chaos around him - the naive soldiers, the painfully thin girl who pours his coffee, the ruined countryside - with sudden, heart-breaking p...Show more

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ISBN

9780241370384

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published year

2019

Language

Edition

1

Original title

The Train Was on Time

Format

Paperback

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