The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

By (author): "Leila Vennewitz, Heinrich Böll"
Publish Date: January 1974
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
ISBN0140187286
ISBN139780140187281
AsinThe Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
CharactersKatharina Blum, Ludwig Götten, Dr. Hubert Blorna, Trude Blorna, Else W
Original titleDie verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum oder: Wie Gewalt entsteht und wohin sie führen kann
In an era in which journalists will stop at nothing to break a big story, Henrich Böll's The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum has taken on heightened relevance. A young woman's association with a hunted man makes her the target of a journalist determined to grab the headlines by portraying her as an evil woman. As the attacks on her escalate and she becomes the victim of anonymous threats, Katharina sees only one way out of her nightmare.Turning the mystery genre on its head, the novel begins with the confession of a crime, drawing the reader into a web of sensationalism, character assassination, and the unavoidable eruption of violence.