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Name: Verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum
Rating: 3.6 (5 reviews)
Author: Heinrich Böll

📘 Verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll

Heinrich Böll’s 1974 novel "The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum" examines the destructive force of sensationalist tabloid journalism and the political paranoia surrounding Red Army Faction terrorism in 1970s West Germany. The story centers on Katharina Blum, a housekeeper whose reputation is shattered after the tabloid reporter *Die Zeitung*—modeled on the *Bild-Zeitung*—publicizes her relationship with a man wanted by the police for a bank robbery. While the novel is fictional, it captures the real tensions of a society caught between the fear of extremist terrorism and the unchecked power of the press.

First publish date: 1994

Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction

Authors: Heinrich Böll

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