Stories, radio plays, essays

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Stories, radio plays, essays is an anthology with works by the German writer Heinrich Böll from 1950 to 1960. It was published in autumn 1961 by Kiepenheuer & Witsch . In 1964 a licensed reprint was published by the German Book Association .

content

  • An interview with students
  • stories
    • The Adventure , 1950
    • Adventure of a Bread Bag , 1950
    • The dwarf and the doll , 1951
    • The death of Elsa Baskoleit , 1951
    • My uncle Fred , 1951
    • The postcard , 1952
    • The Laughing , 1952
    • The Balek Scales , 1952
    • Fate of a Handleless Cup , 1952
    • The immortal Theodora , 1953
    • Confession of a Dog Catcher , 1953
    • Memories of a Young King , 1953
    • In the land of the Rujuks , 1953
    • Here is Tibet , 1953
    • So was evening and morning , 1954
    • Unpredictable Guests , 1954
    • Daniel the Righteous , 1954
    • As in bad novels , 1956
    • A box for Kop , 1956
    • In the Valley of the Thundering Hooves , 1957
    • Zimpren train station , 1958
  • Radio plays
    • Monk and Robber , 1953
    • For tea with Dr. Borsig , 1955
    • One hour stop , 1957
    • Balance sheet , 1957
    • The Without a Trace , 1957
    • Knock sign , 1960
  • Essays
    • Commitment to rubble literature , 1952
    • The contemporary and the reality , 1953
    • Thomas Wolfe and the bitter secret of life , 1953
    • The voice of Wolfgang Borchert , 1955
    • The Risk of Writing , 1956
    • A memorial to Joseph Roth , 1956
    • Journey through Poland , 1957
    • Grandparents wanted , 1957
    • Letter to a young Catholic , 1958
    • about myself , 1958
    • Art and Religion , 1959
    • City of Old Faces , 1959
    • The newspaper seller , 1959
    • In defense of the laundry rooms , 1959
    • The Rhine , 1960
    • What is Cologne? , 1960
    • About the novel , 1960
    • In this country , 1960
    • Language as a haven of freedom , 1958

success

The volume took first place in the Spiegel bestseller list , which appeared on October 18, 1961, in the "Fiction" category.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.boell.de/de/content/heinrich-boell-leben-und-werk
  2. ↑ BELLETRISTICS, SPECIAL BOOKS . In: Der Spiegel . No. 43 , 1961 ( online - 18 October 1961 ).