Os Hóspedes Inesperados

by Heinrich Böll

Genres: Short Stories

189 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

Der deutsche Schriftsteller und Übersetzer gilt als einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Autoren der Nachkriegszeit. Er schrieb Gedichte, Kurzgeschichten und Romane, von denen auch einige verfilmt wurden. Dabei setzte er sich kritisch mit der jungen Bundesrepublik auseinander. Zu seinen erfolgreichsten Werken zählen "Billard um halbzehn", "Ansichten eines Clowns" und "Gruppenbild mit Dame". Den Nobelpreis für Literatur bekam Heinrich Böll 1972; er war nach 43 Jahren der erste deutsche Schriftsteller, dem diese Auszeichnung zuteil wurde. 1974 erschien sein wohl populärstes Werk, "Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum". Durch sein politisches Engagement wirkte er, gemeinsam mit seinem Freund Lew Kopelew, auf die europäische Literatur der Nachkriegszeit. Darüber hinaus arbeitete Böll gemeinsam mit seiner Frau Annemarie als Herausgeber und Übersetzer englischsprachiger Werke ins Deutsche...

Heinrich Böll became a full-time writer at the age of 30. His first novel, Der Zug war pünktlich (The Train Was on Time), was published in 1949. Many other novels, short stories, radio plays, and essay collections followed. In 1972 he received the Nobel Prize for Literature "for his writing which through its combination of a broad perspective on his time and a sensitive skill in characterization has contributed to a renewal of German literature." He was the first German-born author to receive the Nobel Prize since Hermann Hesse in 1946. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages, and he is one of Germany's most widely read authors.

Reviews

[Luís · Rating 2 out of 5]

In "Uninvited Guests," the themes are almost too diverse for my taste, and there are too many characters and moral questions. The plot lines are also practically doubled (or mirrored?) by the shift in setting from Israel to Nigeria.

[Beto · Rating 1 out of 5]

Livro que me surpreendeu imenso. Não esperava, de um prémio nobel tão pouco. Confesso que o livro está bem escrito e entende-se as razões e preocupações tão sérias e dignas do escritor, às quais, ainda hoje, eu mesmo sou atento. Mas não gostei dos contos nem da novela que contém, salvo apenas algumas ideias a eles inerentes. Pode esta minha opinião dever-se à forma e técnica literária, a chamada sátira "mordaz", mas desiludiu-me muito este livro pelo vazio das narrativas, que procura criticar ironicamente questões sociais reais, mas que me deixaram uma impressão vazia e oca. Salva-se, essencialmente, a intenção.

[Susanne · Rating 2 out of 5]

2/6 points, short stories, enthält Dr Murkes gesammeltes Schweigen