The Clown

The Clown
ISBN-10
014018726X
ISBN-13
9780140187267
Series
The Clown
Category
Fiction
Pages
247
Language
English
Published
1994
Publisher
Penguin
Author
Heinrich Böll

Description

Through the eyes of a despairing artist, Hans Schneir, who recreates in his pantomimes incidents in people's lives with honesty and compassion, Boll draws a revealing portrait of German society under Hitler and in the postwar years.

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