The Train Was on Time
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The Train Was on Time is the first published novel by German author Heinrich Böll
. It dates from 1949 and it talks about a German soldier taking a train from Paris to Przemyśl
(Poland). On his way to the war front, he meets two other Germans with whom he starts a dialogue and a short-term friendship. During their trip we learn much about horrors which soldiers go through during the war, and the effect they leave on a person.
In this short novel Böll attempted to follow the development of battle-induced Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Heinrich Böll
Heinrich Theodor Böll was one of Germany's foremost post-World War II writers. Böll was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize in 1967 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972.- Biography :...
. It dates from 1949 and it talks about a German soldier taking a train from Paris to Przemyśl
Przemysl
Przemyśl is a city in south-eastern Poland with 66,756 inhabitants, as of June 2009. In 1999, it became part of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship; it was previously the capital of Przemyśl Voivodeship....
(Poland). On his way to the war front, he meets two other Germans with whom he starts a dialogue and a short-term friendship. During their trip we learn much about horrors which soldiers go through during the war, and the effect they leave on a person.
In this short novel Böll attempted to follow the development of battle-induced Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
See also
- 1949 in literature1949 in literatureThe year 1949 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*Arthur C. Clarke becomes Assistant Editor of Science Abstracts.*Bertrand Russell receives the Order of Merit....
- German literatureGerman literatureGerman literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German part of Switzerland, and to a lesser extent works of the German diaspora. German literature of the modern period is mostly in Standard German, but there...