McGraw-Hill, 1973. Very small crease lines by top spine corners. Dust jacket has 1" tear on top front panel edge, 1/2" tear on top rear panel edge, light surface scuffing and edgewear, no price on d/j flap. "...novel by the winner of The Nobel Prize for Literature 1972" (Originally published in German under the title of Gruppenbuld mit Dame). Cream colored cloth with gold lettering on spine, blind stamped title on front board with Nobel Prize for Literature 1972 in gold lettering. 405 pages.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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In 1972, Heinrich Böll became the first German to win the Nobel Prize for literature since Thomas Mann in 1929. Born in Cologne, in 1917, Böll was reared in a liberal Catholic, pacifist family. Drafted into the Wehrmacht, he served on the Russian and French fronts and was wounded four times before he found himself in an American prison camp. After the war he enrolled at the University of Cologne, but dropped out to write about his shattering experiences as a soldier. His first novel, The Train Was on Time , was published in 1949, and he went on to become one of the most prolific and important of post-war German writers. His best-known novels include Billiards at Half-Past Nine (1959), The Clown (1963), Group Portrait with Lady (1971), and The Safety Net (1979). In 1981 he published a memoir, What’s to Become of the Boy? or: Something to Do with Books . Böll served for several years as the president of International P.E.N. and was a leading defender of the intellectual freedom of writers throughout the world. He died in June 1985. Translator LEILA VENNEWITZ was a distinguished translator of many other German authors, most notably Hermann Hesse, Uwe Timm, Alexander Kluge, Alfred Andresch among others.

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Bookseller: Virtuous Volumes et al. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 015311
Title: Group Portrait with Lady
Author: Boll, Heinrich
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition: Good+
ISBN 10: 0070064237
ISBN 13: 9780070064232
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1973
Keywords: Boll, Heinrich Translations German
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction;

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