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What's to Become of the Boy? Or, Something to Do with Books

by Heinrich Boll · 1981

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In 1981, Heinrich Boll returned to the streets of his childhood in this remarkable collection of nonfiction. This volume captures the musings of a mature Boll as he looks back with fondness and with anger on his formative years.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisWorld War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of thisGermanyGermanyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 82 pages

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