This volume collects sixty-three short stories and novellas written by Heinrich Böll between 1947 and 1985. It brings together selections from Böll's earlier collections Eighteen Stories (1966) and Children Are Civilians Too (1970), stories published only in periodicals, four novellas from Absent Without Leave (1965) and Adam and the Train (1970), the novella A Soldier's Legacy (1986), and some previously unpublished work. The chronological organization represents the entire span of Böll's career, from the stories of the early postwar period, which focus upon the experiences of the soldier and the returning veteran, to the masterfully satirical tales of later years, with their sharp criticism of the new German sociopolitical order. Superbly translated by Leila Vennewitz, The Stories of Heinrich Böll is among the many Böll titles now available in the European Classics series published by Northwestern University Press.
"Those still unacquainted with Heinrich Böll could not ask for a better, more comprehensive introduction to his prose tales than this volume." - Choice
"Essential for all European literarure collections." - Library Journal
"Heinrich Böll is a master storyteller." - The New York Times
