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A Soldier's Legacy by Heinrich Böll is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Soldier's Legacy about?
From the German Nobel Prize-winner for literature, a rediscovered short novel, written in 1947 at the very start of his great career, then lost in the chaos of life in Germany in the late 1940s, and appearing now for the first time: a poignant evocation of youth trapped in war. It is 1943 and Wenk, a young German soldier guarding the Normandy coast, finds himself in a war where the main enemies are loneliness and misery. Corruption is rampant in the High Command: supplies are being siphoned off, and starving, exhausted soldiers must cross their own mine fields to steal potatoes from the neighboring French farms. Against all army rank and protocol, Wenk forms a friendship with Lieutenant Schelling, whose protests on behalf of his men have incurred the wrath of another officer. When the company is transferred to the fighting on the Russian front, fear, suspicion, and mistrust forces events to a shocking conclusion
Who reads A Soldier's Legacy?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Heinrich Böll
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
- Published
- 1985
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780394536033
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.48 / 5 (147 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14