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Loading... The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum: Or, How Violence Develops and Where It C an Lead (original 1974; edition 1975)by Heinrich Boll
Work InformationThe Lost Honor of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll (1974)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A couple months ago, this little book was in my Little Free Library bag, headed off to one of our local LFLs. At the last minute, I decided to grab it out and give it a go since it is small and is on the 1001 book list. I read it in just a couple hours last night and was actually surprised that I found it to be "not so bad". Originally written in German and subtitled, "How violence develops and where it can lead", the story is a perfect example of how the media can influence the direction of society. The story is very applicable in our age of fake news. I found myself more and more outraged as the case quickly built against her; although it did seem a little extreme that in just two and a half days of media smearing, she'd go from mild-mannered quiet person to a plotting murderess. Especially since she took the death of her mother pretty calmly. The few humorous parts are actually kind of shocking in the midst of what is actually a pretty stressful read! There was crude language and themes throughout, but nothing that wouldn't be expected in a tale like this. The story ends abruptly and we have no idea how her trial turns out. Reading this, I kept thinking of how the media destroyed Princess Diana's little family and eventually, her life. I don't know how accurate the story is to 1970s Germany or if the author was only postulating, but the story definitely fits our 2020 Western culture.
Tras acudir a una fiesta, Katharina Blum pasa la noche con un hombre al que acaba de conocer. A la mañana siguiente, Katharina descubre que su acompañante es sospechoso de diversos delitos. A partir de entonces será acusada de ser cómplice. La prensa, la policía y la justicia se unirán para destrozar su reputación, hasta hacer de su vida un infierno. Con un estilo que combina el informe policial y el artículo periodístico, Heinrich Böll hace una apasionante crítica a los medios de comunicación sensacionalistas y al abuso de los mecanismos de poder. Belongs to Publisher SeriesIs contained inBilliards at Half-Past Nine / Group Portrait With Lady / The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll El tren llegó puntual ¿Dónde estabas, Adán? ; Y no dijo ni una palabra ; El pan de los años mozos ; El honor perdido de Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll Horror by F. E. S. Finn (indirect) Das Heinrich Böll Lesebuch by Heinrich Böll (indirect) Billiards at Half-Past Nine / The Clown / Group Portrait With Lady / The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll Narrativa completa, tomo 3: Retrato de grupo con señora ; E·l honor perdido de Katharina Blum ; Asedio preventivo by Heinrich Böll Heinrich Böll liest Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum + Gruppenbild mit Dame + Berichte zur Gesinnungslage der Nation u.a. [sound recording] by Heinrich Böll Is a retelling ofIs retold inHas the adaptationInspiredHas as a commentary on the textHas as a student's study guideReclam Erläuterungen und Dokumente : Heinrich Böll : Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum by Werner Bellmann Königs Erläuterungen : Heinrich Böll : Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum [1984 revised edition] by Gerd Ludwig Oldenbourg Interpretationen : Heinrich Böll : Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum by Bernhard Sowinski Has as a teacher's guideNotable Lists
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum, Or: How Violence Develops and Where It Can Lead was written by Heinrich Boll, one of Germany's most prolific postwar writers. Although Boll insisted that his characters were compositions and not psychological creations, they do have psychological reality. In this novel he tells the story of pretty, bright, young Katharina Blum, who becomes the center of intrigue with a big city newspaper when at a carnival party she falls in love with a young radical lawbreaker on the run from the police. No library descriptions found. |
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Un tema que trata de una práctica que ya lleva tiempo, creo que actualmente ya son pocos los que creen a ciegas lo que digan los medios de información, al menos eso quiero creer. La realidad es que están muy desprestigiado y sé sabe que son pretencioso$ e imparciales. El que cree actualmente en ellos lo quiere así por gusto y ya sabe de lo que se trata.
Si lo quisiéramos pasar a la actualidad (actualizar), ahora serían las redes sociales, como pueden destruir a una persona... que es un tema triste. ( )