Here it is: the definitive collection of stories by Heinrich Böll. When Heinrich Böll received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1972, he was recognized as one of the most significant novelists of his time. Equally notable is his status as a master of the short form. This volume presents stories from four decades in a special edition at a special price! It begins in 1937 with the story "Youth" and ends in 1982 with the humorous piece "In which language do you call a snail's shell?". Heinrich Böll began his literary career with short stories and remained true to this genre throughout his life. The success of his early stories from the post-war years continued in the 1950s and early 1960s, during which Böll perfected the short literary form. The volume, edited by Jochen Schubert, offers a comprehensive selection.