The Train Was on Time
Author: Boll, Heinrich
ISBN: 9780241370384
Publisher: Penguin (General UK)
Year First Published: 2019
Pages: 128
Dimensions: 195mm x 130mm x 9mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
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. . .
ISBN: 9780241370384
Publisher: Penguin (General UK)
Year First Published: 2019
Pages: 128
Dimensions: 195mm x 130mm x 9mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
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. . .
