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From Nobel Prize winner Heinrich Böll, an inventive & 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, Böll explores the often bizarre & always very human courses chosen by people attempting to survive in a world marked by political madness, absurdity & destruction.

At the center of his tale is Leni Pfeiffer, a German woman whose secret romance with a Soviet prisoner of war both sustains & threatens her life. As the narrator interviews those who knew Pfeiffer, their stories come together in a dazzling mosaic, rich in satire, yet hinting at the promise of a saner world.