num_pages: 415
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: Group Portrait With Lady
titlecomplete: Group Portrait With Lady (English and German Edition)
genres: German Literature, Literature, 20th Century, Novels, War, Fiction, Classics, Germany, Historical Fiction, Nobel Prize
ratings_count: 3467
places: Germany
publisher: McGraw-Hill