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Description edit
First published in 1963, The Clown is typical Boll and is ripe with guilt and fear in its Nazi and post-Nazi Germany setting.
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Characters/People edit
- Hans Schnier: Hans Schnier is the “Clown” of the novel's title. He is twenty-seven years old from a millionaire family. At the beginning of the story he arrives in Bonn, a city in Germany.He describes himself as a clown with no church affiliation. His parents, devout Protestants, sent him to a Catholic school. He met Marie in the school and fell in love with her.
- Marie: Hans' girlfriend
- Zupfner: a catholic that Hans hates
- Henrietta: sister to Hans
- Leo: younger brother to Hans
First Sentence edit
It was dark by the time I reached Bonn, and I forced myself not to succumb to the series of mechanical actions which had taken hold of me in five years of traveling back and forth: down the station steps, up the station steps, put down my suitcase, take my ticket out of my coat pocket, pick up my suitcase, hand in my ticket, cross over to the newsstand, buy the evening papers, go outside, and signal for a taxi.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Heinrich Böll (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: German
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Country: Germany
Publication Date: 1963
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Country: Germany
Publication Date: 1963
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- Dewey: 833.914
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Short Stories › United States
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › German
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics › German
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
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