by Wolfgang Borchert · Rowohlt Taschenbuch · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783499101700
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«Draußen vor der Tür: und ausgewählte Erzählungen» is the drama by Wolfgang Borchert, published by Rowohlt Taschenbuch in paperback (121 pages, in German).
The eponymous drama, which gives the volume its title, is a desperate plea against war: it follows a soldier who returns to Germany after the conflict and finds himself uprooted and without a place in a destroyed country. It is accompanied by short stories and brief prose pieces that portray the aftermath of the conflict in individual lives and in the common experience.
The drama was originally published in 1947; the volume includes an epilogue by Heinrich Böll and belongs to the rororo series.
Intended for intermediate or advanced learners of German and for readers of postwar German literature.
Wolfgang Borchert was a German author and playwright whose work was strongly influenced by his experience of dictatorship and his service in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War. His work is among the best-known examples of the Trümmerliteratur movement in post-World War II Germany. His most famous work is the drama Draußen vor der Tür (The Man Outside), which he wrote soon after the end of World War II. His works are uncompromising on the issues of humanity and humanism. He is one of the most popular authors of the German postwar period; his work continues to be studied in German schools.
