A Soldier's Legacy - Heinrich Böll - 1985 Secker & Warburg 1st Edition Hardback

A Soldier's Legacy - Heinrich B\u00F6ll - 1985 Secker & Warburg 1st Edition Hardback & Dust Jacket - VGC\n\nIn 1943 Wenk, a 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 the starving, exhausted soldiers must cross their own minefields to steal potatoes from nearby farms.\n\nAgainst all army rank and protocol, Wenk becomes friends with Lieutenant Schelling, whose protests on behalf of his men have incurred the wrath of another officer. When the company is transferred to the Russian front, heightened fear, suspicion, and mistrust explore the soldiers' barely maintained order into a chaos of desperation.\n\nThis rediscovered novel was written in 1947, but not published until the 80\u2019s, at the start of B\u00F6lls great career, reveals part of the background that shaped and gave resonance to his unique voice.\n\nI have many mo.