The Train Was on Time
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The Train Was on Time is a World War II-era novella by German author Heinrich Böll that follows a young German soldier confronting fate and mortality on his way to the Eastern Front.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Train Was on Time canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novella ⓘ |
| author | Heinrich Böll NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
fate
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guilt ⓘ mortality ⓘ religion ⓘ the absurdity of war ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
chance encounters
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premonition of death ⓘ religious imagery ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| genre |
World War II fiction
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existential fiction ⓘ war fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
German army on the Eastern Front
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individual vs. historical forces ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
English
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French ⓘ Italian ⓘ Polish ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Böll’s wartime experiences ⓘ |
| languageStyle |
realist
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sober ⓘ |
| length | novella-length ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Trümmerliteratur
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postwar German literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Andreas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | journey by train to the front ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critical depiction of the German war effort
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early example of Böll’s anti-war stance ⓘ psychological portrayal of a soldier ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Der Zug war pünktlich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Heinrich Böll’s early works ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Cologne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistConflict |
confrontation with impending death
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moral conflict about participation in war ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | German soldier ⓘ |
| publisher | Friedrich Middelhauve Verlag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Eastern Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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