And Never Said a Word
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And Never Said a Word is a postwar German novel by Heinrich Böll that portrays the emotional and economic struggles of a married couple in ruined, divided Germany.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| And Never Said a Word canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
novel
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postwar German novel ⓘ |
| author | Heinrich Böll NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
strain of war aftermath on family life
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tension between love and material deprivation ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| depicts |
housing shortages in postwar Germany
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moral dilemmas of ordinary people after the war ⓘ psychological effects of war on civilians ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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social novel ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio adaptation
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television adaptation ⓘ |
| languageFeature | simple, precise prose style ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Trümmerliteratur
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rubble literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
early major work of Heinrich Böll
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example of German postwar realism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Catholic morality
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economic hardship ⓘ emotional struggles of a married couple ⓘ marital conflict ⓘ postwar poverty ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | alternating first-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| partOf | Heinrich Böll’s postwar oeuvre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Fred
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Käte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | post-World War II era ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Germany
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ruined, divided Germany ⓘ |
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