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Original Title:	Ansichten eines Clowns
ISBN:	014018726X (ISBN13: 9780140187267)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Hans Schnier, Marie Derkum, Heribert Züpfner, Leo Schnier, Monika Silvs, Herbert Kalick, Karl Emonds, Heinrich Behlen, Bella Brosen, Alfons Schnier, Kinkel, Sommerwild, Fredebeul, Zohnerer, Mr. Derkum, Mr. Schnier, Sabina Emonds, Edgar Wieneken
Setting:	Bonn,1962(Germany) Germany,1962

The Clown Paperback | Pages: 272 pages

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Title	:	The Clown
Author	:	Heinrich Böll
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 272 pages
Published	:	June 1st 1994 by Penguin Classics (first published 1963)
Categories	:	Fiction. European Literature. German Literature. Novels. Classics. Cultural. Germany. Literature

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Acclaimed entertainer Hans Schnier collapses when his beloved Marie leaves him because he won’t marry her within the Catholic Church. The desertion triggers a searing re-examination of his life—the loss of his sister during the war, the demands of his millionaire father and the hypocrisies of his mother, who first fought to “save” Germany from the Jews, then worked for “reconciliation” afterwards.

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Hans Schnier is a clown on the way down. I need to let my impressions settle with this one.1. 'That would be enough to carry me through the twenty-two years I still still had to go till I reach the gutter.'Somehow, The Clown is an account of the brutish life some of us may live, trying to fill up the void.No moral compass, ni bearings, no boundary between public life and private life (rituals, formal habits, without inherent value but their mind-numbing properties?).This is life lived through

Böll's 1963 novel The Clown, with the main themes being that of love and Catholicism, examines in detail the human condition and the hypocrisy of contemporary German society in repressing memory of the historical past in order to concentrate on material reconstruction. In the book the figure of narrator Hans Schnier (the clown) represents the social conscience of German post-war reality, and through conversations Hans has with those who represent various segments of the community, Böll presents

This was really, really good. One of the saddest books Ive ever read, a truly melancholic novel, filled with strange humor that makes you laugh and cry at the same time. Heinrich Böll takes the popular trope of the sad clown and uses it to tell a captivating story about a lonely man, longing for the girlfriend who left him. Its a story about the hypocrisy of the world we live in religious, social, moral and all other kinds of hypocrisy. Its set in a post-World War II times, and the main

Boll questions the validity, the affect and at times exposes the absurdity of catholicism, capitalism and various societal conventions in western society through the simple observations and doubts of the main character; a heart-broken and struggling clown with a certain fatalist attitude. Taking place in post-Nazi Germany during the reconstruction period, The Clown weaves together a cynical sarcasm and societal critiques through an emotional and tragic story. The suspicions and questions raised

The Era of ProstitutionHans, the clown in question, is a petulant, socially awkward, articulate, but persistently sarcastic figure who identifies with both the Germanic Siegfried and the Jewish Christ. Although Protestant, he knows more about Catholic ritual and attitudes than most Catholics. He abhors clerics and their rituals when they pretend to more than aesthetic importanceHans is an artist who lives for the aesthetics of his craft, which is grounded in the observation of the details of

What kind of a human being are you?I am a clown, and I collect moments! I collect moments - Hans is an exceptional human being. He is completely subjective in every single action and emotion. He refuses to accept standards and norms that are forced upon him by the establishment, and he always follows his own heart and ethical values. That spells trouble in the environment of corporate mentality where he grows up. As a child, he witnesses the collective thinking of his privileged family,

ENGLISH (The Clown) / ITALIANOIt was dark by the time I reached Bonn, and I forced myself not to succumb to the series of mechanical actions which had taken hold of me in five years of traveling back and forth: down the station steps, up the station steps, put down my suitcase, take my ticket out of my coat pocket, pick up my suitcase, hand in my ticket, cross over to the newsstand, buy the evening papers, go outside, and signal for a taxi. Almost every day for five years I had left for