num_pages: 140
description: A young woman's association with a hunted man makes her the target of a journalist determined to grab headlines by portraying her as an evil woman. As the attacks on her escalate and she becomes the victim of anonymous threats, Katharina sees only one way out of her nightmare.Turning the mystery genre on its head, the novel begins with the confession of a crime, drawing the reader into a web of sensationalism, character assassination, and the unavoidable eruption of violence.
language: English
title: The lost honour of Katharina Blum: Or, How violence develops and where it can lead
titlecomplete: The lost honour of Katharina Blum: Or, How violence develops and where it can lead
characters: Erwin Beizmenne, Katharina Blum, Werner Tötges, Trude Blorna, Ludwig Götten, Walter Möding, Alois Sträubleder, Dr. Hubert Blorna, Else Woltersheim
genres: Fiction, German Literature, School, Literature, Classics, Novels, Nobel Prize, Germany, 20th Century, Crime
ratings_count: 15088
places: Germany
publisher: Secker & Warburg