by Heinrich Böll · Destino Ediciones · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423311804
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«El tren llegó puntual» is Heinrich Böll's war novel, published by Destino Ediciones in paperback (169 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Andreas, a young German soldier traveling by train to the Eastern Front in World War II. Convinced he is heading to his death, he recites prayers and memories, talks with other soldiers, and watches the landscape recede, seeking a way out of his fate.
Originally published in 1949 as «Der Zug war pünktlich»; this Spanish edition, translated by Julio F. Yáñez, dates from 1982 and belongs to the Destinolibro collection (no. 169).
For readers of classic fiction and historical fiction about World War II.
Heinrich Theodor Böll was a German writer. Considered one of Germany's foremost post–World War II writers, Böll received the Georg Büchner Prize (1967) and the Nobel Prize for Literature (1972).
