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Description edit
Novel by Heinrich Boll, published in German in 1971 as Gruppenbild mit Dame. A sweeping portrayal of German life from World War I until the early 1970s, the novel was cited by the Nobel Prize committee when it awarded Boll the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972. The story's anonymous narrator... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Leni: Add a description of this character.
- Boris
- Margret
- Mrs. Z.
- Lotte Hoyser
- Heinrich Pfeiffer
- Rahel
- Scholsdorff
- Mrs. Gruyten
- Erhard
- Marja Van Doom
- Pfeiffers
- Bogakov
- Mrs. Holthohne
- Grundtsch
- Hubert
- Alois
- Kurt Hoyser
- Werner Hoyser
- Ilse Kremer
- Sonny Boy
- Lev
- Mrs. Schlomer
- Mehmet
- Wilhelm
- Viktor Genrikhovich
- Marga Wanft
- Mrs. Schweigert
Setting & Locations edit
Germany during the 1930s & 1940s
- Schirtenstein
- Rome
- Germany
- Kremp
- France
- Berlin
- Denmark
- Klementina
- Soviet Union
- Schelf
- Heaven
- Europe
- Italy
- Gerselen
- Belgium
- Belenko
- Schleswig-holstein
- Lyssemich
- Bavaria
- Tolzem
- Beauchamp
First Sentence edit
The female protagonist in the first section is a woman of forty-eight, German: she is five foot six inches tall, weighs 133 pounds (in indoor clothing), i.e., only twelve to fourteen ounces below standard weight; her eyes are iridescent dark blue and black, her slightly graying hair, very thick and blond, hangs loosely to her shoulders, sheathing her head like a helmet.
Table of Contents edit
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
About the Author
Series & Lists edit
This is book 359 of 1272 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and followed by The Wild Boys.
First Edition edit
Original Language: German
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: Germany
Publication Date: 1971
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Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: Germany
Publication Date: 1971
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Page Count: Add the page count.
Awards edit
- Nobel Prize (1972: Literature)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PZ4.B6713 Gr PT2603.O394
- Dewey: 813
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