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    Heinrich Boll's short story "Like a Bad Dream" takes place in postwar Germany. It follows a man anxiously awaiting the arrival of his dinner guests, the Zumpens. He hopes to secure a lucrative housing construction contract from Mr. Zumpen during the meal. The man stands nervously by the window, smoking cigarettes and wondering why Zumpen accepted the invitation, as winning the contract is important to his excavating business.

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    Heinrich Boll's short story "Like a Bad Dream" takes place in postwar Germany. It follows a man anxiously awaiting the arrival of his dinner guests, the Zumpens. He hopes to secure a lucrative housing construction contract from Mr. Zumpen during the meal. The man stands nervously by the window, smoking cigarettes and wondering why Zumpen accepted the invitation, as winning the contract is important to his excavating business.

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    Heinrich Boll's short story "Like a Bad Dream" takes place in postwar Germany. It follows a man anxiously awaiting the arrival of his dinner guests, the Zumpens. He hopes to secure a lucrative housing construction contract from Mr. Zumpen during the meal. The man stands nervously by the window, smoking cigarettes and wondering why Zumpen accepted the invitation, as winning the contract is important to his excavating business.

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    Like a Bad Dream


    HeinrichBoll Germany, 1966
    ABOUTTHE AUTHOR
    HeinrichBoll (19171985) was born in Cologne, Germany. Afier gradm
    he becamean apprentice to a hook dealer and than
    atlngfimn highschool,
    wasindumdinto the laborservice,a remimilitmy obligation. Following
    hisservice, in college,
    beenrolled buthismrdieswereinterruptedwhen,q,
    theageoftwentyone,
    hewasdmfiedintothearmy. Boll witnessed
    melt)
    andmitotic:duringhisyouth and military service,-and in his autobiogn,~
    andotherwritings,
    P17] hisoutrageat the Nazis. His many
    heexpressed
    workstreatevnysignificant
    phasein West German: history firm: the no.
    rionsestablishment
    in I949 to themid-1980:. Among his novelsare BiL
    liards Nine (1962)andThe Clown (1965').Bollwas
    atHalf-Past
    Marilee]theNobelPrizefor Literature in 1972.
    THECONTEXT
    or THESTORY
    Themy take: in Germany
    place afterWorldWar II. Reference:
    to the
    [ham-tenChristian nuns(womenwhobelongto a reli
    include
    religion
    artworkrepresenting
    giomorder); theMadonna (the mother of few:
    andthecrucifix
    Christ) (theimageof Christdyingon thecross).
    Thateveningwehadinvitedthe Zumpensover for dinner, nice people whi
    it wasthroughmy father-in-lawthat we had got to know them: ever since son
    wehavebeenmarriedhe hashelpedme to meet people who can be useful nic
    to mein business,
    andZumpencanbe useful:he is chairman of a commit-
    apt
    teewhichplaces contractsfor largehousingprojects,and I have married
    intotheexcavatingbusiness.
    [wastensethatevening,
    that hescoming
    shesaid,
    butBertha,my wife, reassuredme. The fact,
    atall ispromising.
    Justtry and get the conversa-
    Youknowits tomorrowtheyre goingto be
    tionroundto thecontract.
    awarded.
    g
    p
    "-3

    n
    <
    I stood
    looking thenetcurtains
    through of the glassfront door,waiting
    I smoked,
    forZumpen. the cigarette
    ground buttsundermy foot,and
    shovedthemunderthe mat.Next I took up a positionat the bathroom
    window andstoodtherewonderingwhyZumpenhad acceptedthe invita-
    tion;hecouldnt in havingdinnerwith us, and the fact
    bethatinterested
    thatthebigcontract in wasgoingto be awardedtomorrow
    I wasinvolved
    must have
    madethewhole to him asit wasto me.
    thingasembarrassing
    I thought
    aboutthecontract
    too:it wasa bigone,I wouldmake20,000
    marksonthedeal,
    andI wantedthemoney.

    byLeilaVennewitz.
    Tnnslated

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