Billiards at Half-past Nine
novel by Heinrich Böll
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Summary
Billiards at Half-past Nine is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (448 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Heinrich Böll[3]
- Publisher: Kiepenheuer & Witsch[4]
- Genre: family saga[5]
- Depicts: architect[6], family[7]
- Language of work or name: German[8]
- Country of origin: West Germany[9]
- Inception: 1958[10]
- Publication date: 1959[11]
- Narrative location: Cologne[12]
- Main subject: Allied-occupied Germany[13], Nazi Germany[14], Weimar Republic[15]
- Title: Billard um halb zehn[16], Billard um halbzehn[17], Bilardo nënëntë gjysmë[18], Biljard inn anc kesin[19], Biljard v devet i polovina[20], Billar a dos quarts de deu[21], Biliár o půl desáté[22], Billard kl. halv ti[23], Biljarten om halftien[24], Billiards at half-past nine[25], Biljardia puoli kymmeneltä[26], Les deux sacrements[27], Mpiliardo stis enniamisi[28], Bili'ard be-tesha' ve-hetsi[29]
- Set in period: 1958[30]
- Form of creative work: novel[31]
Why It Matters
Billiards at Half-past Nine has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]