num_pages: 288
description: Two outstanding stories of war in a single volume, from the winner of the Nobel Prize for the short story A Soldiers Legacy and The Silent Angel, Boll's haunting first novel. "...staggering in its intensity and evocation of despair and shock... an occasion for renewing our appreciation for Boll's genius"-- Booklist. "...terrifically on target with its series of tragic, ascetically drawn tableaux...a great document..."-- Kirkus.
language: English
title: The Silent Angel
titlecomplete: The Silent Angel
genres: Germany, Historical Fiction, Nobel Prize, Novels, Literature, German Literature, Classics, War, Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 934
publisher: Cassell Military Paperbacks