Christmas Every Day (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Heinrich Böll
- First Published: 1952
- Type of Plot: Fable
- Time of Work: 1947-1948
- Setting: Probably Cologne, Germany
- Principal Characters: The unnamed narrator, Uncle Franz, Aunt Milla, Franz
- Genres: Fable, Short fiction
- Subjects: 1940’s, World War II, Mental illness, Germany or German people, Pretensions, Christmas, Grocery trade
- Locales: Cologne, Germany
The Story
After World War II, apparently in Cologne, Uncle Franz Lenz's wholesale grocery business is bouncing back from a slight wartime interruption. The Lenz family—Uncle Franz, Aunt Milla, Johannes, Lucie, young Cousin Franz, and assorted grandchildren—have come through the conflict almost intact. Only Aunt Milla has been deeply unsettled by the recent bloodbath—because her Christmas celebrations were curtailed.
Cousin Franz is something of a conscience for the family, a young man of notable piety who scandalizes them by becoming a boxer. The first to notice...
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