num_pages: 144
description: In this portrait of Ireland, seen through the eyes of a novelist and a stranger, Heinrich Böll offers an evocation of the lilt of the voices, the laughter of the children, the smell of the wet earth, and the warm, heady friendliness of the pubs. Travelling with his wife and children, Böll struggles with the intricacies of foreign exchange, eavesdrops on conversations aboard a steamer, and tramps through rain-soaked peat. One of Germany most prolific post-war writers, Böll was a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. He died in 1985.
language: English
title: Irish Journal by Heinrich Boll
titlecomplete: Irish Journal by Heinrich Boll (1995-03-13)
genres: Ireland, Biography, German Literature, Nonfiction, Memoir, Literature, Classics, Travel, Germany, Irish Literature
ratings_count: 1694
places: Ireland
publisher: Vintage