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The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum: Or, How Violence Develops and Where It C an Lead (original 1974; edition 1975)

by Heinrich Boll

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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.… (more)
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Title:The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum: Or, How Violence Develops and Where It C an Lead
Authors:Heinrich Boll
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The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll (1974)

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Un libro entretenido y de lectura rápida.
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. ( )
  keplerhc | Jan 22, 2024 |
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. ( )
  classyhomemaker | Dec 11, 2023 |
The narrator presents the end at the beginning and then leaves the reader to put together the how and why and who all was involved bit by bit. A picture of the lethal effects of publicity. ( )
  snash | Nov 26, 2022 |
A brief case study of what can happen when an unscrupulous journalist decides to make what they can of a relatively insignificant case. This is why we have libel laws, I suppose. ( )
  soylentgreen23 | Aug 31, 2022 |
43/26-Τραγικά πρόσωπα και καταστάσεις. Πως καταστρέφεται στα καλά καθούμενα η ζωή τόσων ανθρώπων. ( )
  Bella_Baxter | Jul 3, 2022 |
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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.
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Böll, Heinrichprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bernard, JanTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Löfdahl, KarinTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Piatti, CelestinoCover designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Svensson, PerAfterwordsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Vennewitz, LeilaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed

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Personen und Handlung dieser Erzählung sind frei erfunden. Sollten sich bei der Schilderung gewisser journalistischer Praktiken Ähnlichkeiten mit den Praktiken der "Bild"-Zeitung ergeben haben, so sind diese Ähnlichkeiten weder beabsichtigt noch zufällig, sondern unvermeidlich.
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Für den folgenden Bericht gibt es einige Neben- und drei Hauptquellen, die hier am Anfang einmal genannt, dann aber nicht mehr erwähnt werden.
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The characters and action is this story are purely fictitious. Should the description of certain journalistic practices result in a resemblance to the practices of the [tabloid papers], such resemblance is neither intentional nor fortuitous, but unavoidable.
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0070064253 1975 English McGraw-Hill hardcover
0070064296 1976 English McGraw-Hill softcover
0140046194 1978 English Penguin softcover
0140187286 1994 English Penguin softcover
014118406X 2001 English Penguin softcover
0245535470 1986 German Bange softcover (Modern World Literature series)
0436054523 1975 English Secker & Warburg hardcover
0749398981 1993 English Vintage softcover
1412812763 2009 English Transaction softcover large print
1560004630 2000 English Transaction hardcover large print
1852900172 1989 English Isis hardcover large print
2020016168 1976 French
2020058677 1875 French
2020291592 1996 French
2253018791 1978 French
225305626X 1991 French (German language)
2757885286 2021 French
3378001755 1987 German DTV softcover
3423011505 1995 German DTV softcover
3423025018 1977 German DTV softcover
3423146052 2017 German DTV hardcover
3423250011 1989 German DTV softcover
3462010336 1974 German Kiepenheuer & Witsch hardcover
3462016407 1992 German Kiepenheuer & Witsch softcover Mit Materialien und einem Nachwort des Autors
3462021842 1974 German Kiepenheuer & Witsch softcover
3462031457 1974 German Kiepenheuer & Witsch softcover
3462300563 2009 German Kiepenheuer & Witsch
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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.

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