The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Author: Boll, Heinrich
ISBN: 9780143105404
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 29 Sep 2009
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback / softback
Nobel Prize winner Heinrich B ll's powerful novel about a woman terrorized by the media
A Penguin Classic
In an era in which journalists will stop at nothing to break a story, Henrich B ll's The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum has taken on heightened relevance. A young woman's association with a hunted man makes her the target of a journalist determined to grab headlines by portraying her as an evil woman. As the attacks on her escalate and she becomes the victim of anonymous threats, Katharina sees only one way out of her nightmare. Turning the mystery genre on its head, the novel begins with the confession of a crime, drawing the reader into a web of sensationalism, character assassination, and the unavoidable eruption of violence.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
ISBN: 9780143105404
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 29 Sep 2009
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback / softback
Nobel Prize winner Heinrich B ll's powerful novel about a woman terrorized by the media
A Penguin Classic
In an era in which journalists will stop at nothing to break a story, Henrich B ll's The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum has taken on heightened relevance. A young woman's association with a hunted man makes her the target of a journalist determined to grab headlines by portraying her as an evil woman. As the attacks on her escalate and she becomes the victim of anonymous threats, Katharina sees only one way out of her nightmare. Turning the mystery genre on its head, the novel begins with the confession of a crime, drawing the reader into a web of sensationalism, character assassination, and the unavoidable eruption of violence.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
