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And Where Were You, Adam (European Classics) Paperback – November 23, 1994

by Heinrich Boll (Author), Leila Vennewitz (Translator)
4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
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Hitler's once great army is broken and demoralized, the end of the war is imminent--but still soldiers are rounded up like criminals and sent to the front. Jews are evacuated, guns are fired, shells explode. In this novel Böll paints war as a series of idiocies, senseless accidents, and bizarre coincidences related only through death.
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  1. Print length
    156 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Northwestern University Press
  4. Publication date
    November 23, 1994
  5. Dimensions
    5.25 x 0.5 x 8 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0810111640
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0810111646
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This duo were among the first titles to depict World War II from the German point of view. Though LJ's reviewer was underwhelmed by Adam (LJ 8/70), Legacy was described as "a moving indictment of not only the war, but also the newly founded society that followed it" (LJ 6/1/85).
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Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Northwestern University Press; Translated edition (November 23, 1994)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 156 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0810111640
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0810111646
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.5 x 8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars 7 ratings

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UnseeingDonn
5.0 out of 5 stars World War 2 story
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2018
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This book is a must read for people who are fascinated with WW2
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5.0 out of 5 stars great delivery and condition
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2019
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one of my favorite Authors
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M. Buisman
4.0 out of 5 stars Death by accident
Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2006
This impressive little book has 9 stories that are loosely connected. Main character is a German soldier called Feinhals and the stories mostly deal with the latter days of the war in Hungary and how the Germans cope.

There's a lot of death and disaster, mostly through stupid accidents. A stray bomb unfortunately detonates, a woman is shot because she sings beautifully but is a blond, catholic jew (which is incomprehensible for one soldier).

Feinhals himself also reaches a bitter end, much like in "Das Boot".

Good book, also good to read about the German side of the second world war, and B?ll was a soldier on the eastern front himself.
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