num_pages: 403
description: From Nobel Prize winner Heinrich Boll, an inventive &amp; sardonic portrayal of the effects of the Nazi period on a group of ordinary people. Weaving together the stories of a diverse array of characters, Boll explores the often bizarre &amp; always very human courses chosen by people attempting to survive in a world marked by political madness, absurdity &amp; destruction. At the center of his tale is Leni Pfeiffer, a German woman whose secret romance with a Soviet prisoner of war both sustains &amp; threatens her life. As the narrator interviews those who knew Pfeiffer, their stories come together in a dazling mosaic, rich in satire, yet hinting at the promise of a saner world.
language: German
title: Gruppenbild mit Dame
titlecomplete: Gruppenbild mit Dame
genres: Classics, Nobel Prize, Novels, German Literature, Germany, War, Historical Fiction, Literature, 20th Century, Fiction
ratings_count: 3464
places: Germany
publisher: Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch