• Written in 1949, A Soldiers Legacy was published in Germany as Das Vermächtnis by Lamuv Verlag in 1982.
  • The clear-eyed wisdom that emerges from it makes it a remarkable achievement." - -William Boyd, New Republic "Böll is a master storyteller.
  • Following the successful release of this book, Boll was invited to attend Group 47’s meeting in 1949...
  • In 1972, Heinrich Böll became the first German to win the Nobel Prize for literature since Thomas Mann in 1929.
  • This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers.
  • Written in 1947 and lost in the chaos of Germany in the postwar years, A Soldier's Legacy now takes its place beside All Quiet on the Western Front as a...
  • A Soldier's Legacy (German: Das Vermächtnis) is a novel by German author Heinrich Böll, published in 1982 (translator: Leila Vennewitz).[1][2].
  • I just read this book (an english translation) and thought it was a pretty good work of fiction.