Alfred Andersch

De vader van een moordenaar is de titel van een in 1980 postuum verschenen novelle van Alfred Andersch. Het verhaal kan worden beschouwd als Andersch' politieke en literaire nalatenschap.

The Cherries of Freedom: A Report centers on Andersch's desertion from the Wehrmacht. The turning-point in Andersch's life, he interpreted it not as a fear of death but as an existential vote for life, libery and all things non-totalitarian.

The Efraim of the title is journalist George Efraim, who travels to his native Berlin to investigate the disappearance of a woman during World War II. His search for her eventually becomes a journey through his own past.