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The Train Was on Time
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The Train Was on Time

Heinrich Boll
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A hauntingly beautiful tale about a young German soldier, from a Nobel Prize-winning author, introduced by Anna Funder

Twenty-four-year-old Andreas, a disillusioned German soldier, is travelling on a troop train to the Eastern Front when he has an awful premonition that he will die in exactly five days. As he hurtles towards his death, he reflects on the chaos around him - the naive soldiers, the painfully thin girl who pours his coffee, the ruined countryside - with sudden, heart-breaking poignancy.

Arriving in Poland the night before he is certain he will die, he meets Olina, a beautiful prostitute, and together they attempt to escape his fate…

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
16 April 2019
Pages
128
ISBN
9780241370384

A hauntingly beautiful tale about a young German soldier, from a Nobel Prize-winning author, introduced by Anna Funder

Twenty-four-year-old Andreas, a disillusioned German soldier, is travelling on a troop train to the Eastern Front when he has an awful premonition that he will die in exactly five days. As he hurtles towards his death, he reflects on the chaos around him - the naive soldiers, the painfully thin girl who pours his coffee, the ruined countryside - with sudden, heart-breaking poignancy.

Arriving in Poland the night before he is certain he will die, he meets Olina, a beautiful prostitute, and together they attempt to escape his fate…

Read More
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
16 April 2019
Pages
128
ISBN
9780241370384

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