Noble prize winner, gunter grass was a popular icon of the german generation growing up under the nazi period of influence. Gunter grass was born in the free citystate of danzig germany, today the polish city of gdansk, on october 16, 1927. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Grass had to unlearn that country, that way of thinking about society, and learn a new one. His objective as a writer was to restore and revive the spirit of humanity. The flounder contains all the things i revere about grass a strong sense of history, scurrlious sense of humor, strong characters put into wonderfully unrealistic situations. Grass is best known for his first novel, the tin drum 1959, a key text in european magic realism. Ortlich betaubt is a 1969 novel by the german writer gunter grass. Nobel prizewinning author gunter grass most famous novel is not the easiest of reads, but it is definitely worth the effort. The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. The tin drum, cat and mouse, dog years by gunter grass and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The narrator pilenz alone could be termed his friend, if it were possible to be friends with mahlke p. Representatives of the city of bremen joined together to establish the gunter grass foundation with the aim of establishing a centralized collection of his numerous works, especially his many personal readings, videos and films.
Browse gunter grasss bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. The tin drum, became the literary spokesman for the german generation that grew up in the. The book has been signed to the title page by gunter grass. This is a book torn between the desire to confess and the need to obscure. The novel is the first book of grasss danziger trilogie danzig trilogy.
The first thus uk printing published by harvill secker in 2009. First british edition of the nobel prizewinning authors first novel. New poems by gunter grass abebooks passion for books. Writing from his experience in the hitler youth, the german army, and as a prisoner of war, grass deplored fascist militarism. Some nine thousand people went down in the baltic sea, making it the deadliest maritime disaster of all time. Like the fish, the fisherman is immortal, and down through the ages they move together. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. Cat and mouse by gunter grass, first edition abebooks. Gunter grass, one of germanys most significant postwar authors, passed away on april. Gunter grass, says the times, is on his own as an artist, and indeed this extraordinary, provoking and joyously rabelaisian celebration of life, food and sex is unique.
Four plays by grass, gunter and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Its english translation, by ralph manheim, was first published in 1965. Gunter grass has been wrestling with germanys past for decades now. This is a great book,if not the greatest of the post war written ones. Covering most of his writing career, well into the 1990s, it says very little about the books written in this span, or their creation. Julian preece gunter grass 19272015 was germanys foremost writer for more than half a century, and his books were and remain bestsellers across the world. He was born in the free city of danzig now gdansk, poland. As both the rat and the narrator insist on their points of view, some annoying repetitions occur. It was adapted into a 1979 film, which won both the palme dor, in the same year, and the academy award for best foreign language film the following year. Gunter grass has 221 books on goodreads with 1101 ratings. Gunter wilhelm grass was a german novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist. Gunter grass is one of the best novelists to come out of germany. The box is a sequel of sorts to grass autobiographical peeling the onion, but takes on completely different forms. This book will be on my prescribed reading list for years to come.
I do not know gunter grass but i learned about him from this book and from the internet. Born to an unwed mother on a lifeboat the night of the attack, paul pokriefke is a middleaged journalist trying to piece together the tragic events. To be honest, i bought this book because of the cover. The gustloff, a german cruise ship turned refugee carrier, was attacked by a soviet submarine in january 1945. The title crabwalk refers to the rather sidelong construction of the book, but this isnt the first time grass has used an unglamorous creature eel, flounder, snail, rat emblematically. Gunter grass has been wrestling with germany\s past for decades now, but no book since the tin drum has generated as much excitement as this engrossing account of the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff. The protagonist of the novel is named oskar matzerath, who is telling the readers the story of his life from a mental institution. Writer pried open germanys past but hid his own gunter grass in 2005.
List of books and articles about gunter grass online research. Lifted from their ancient fairytale, the fisherman and his wife are still livin. Studies in the fiction of gunter grass and heinrich boll. It has the subtitle tales from the darkroom dunkelkammergeschichten. Specifically, it will focus on two particular chapters. This list may not reflect recent changes learn more. Even grass himself seems to be less worried about the end of the world today, as his recent novels are more concerned with the injustices of german unification. The tin drum npr coverage of the tin drum by gunter grass. Grass wrote with fury, love, derision, slapstick, pathos all. The flounder by gunter grass, first edition abebooks. It tells the story of an idealistic highschool teacher who believes society, like a pupil, is learning from experience and reason.
In the museum, you can also see some of his artwork and this place has a lot of information about gunter grass. First, chapter 27 inspection of concrete, or barbaric, mystical, bored, and chapter 28 the imitation of christ. The vision underlying his writing, both fiction and nonfiction, is in many ways, i believe, a migrants vision. It is about joachim mahlke, an alienated only child without a father. Crabwalk tells the story of the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff, a former cruiseship turned refugee carrier, by a soviet submarine in january 1945. We havent heard of him before but some of his book titles were familiar for example, cat and mouse and dog years. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, slight ye. But that is not enough, or too much, for all of you. The publication in 1959 of the the tin drum propelled him to the forefront of postwar. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. Gunter grass audio books, best sellers, author bio. List of books and articles about gunter grass online. In peeling the onion, grass memoir of his life up until the 1959 publishing of his first major novel, the tin drum, he reflects on the objects, people, and situations that ultimately wove their way into his stories.
Discover librarianselected research resources on gunter grass from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines. And with that, there are quotes about gunter grass from his friends and fellow authors. I cant really put my finger on why, but there it is. It was adapted into a 1979 film, which won both the palme dor, in the same year, and the academy. The nobel laureates iconic work and relaunched as a special 50th anniversary edition.
Gunter grass, the flounder harcourt brace jovanovich, 1977 i just couldnt get through it. A german cruise ship turned refugee carrier, it was attacked by a soviet submarine in january 1945. The tin drum was made into an oscarwinning film in 1979 and the memoir peeling the onion in 2006 astounded readers by revealing that grass had been drafted into the most criminal component of the. As the title crabwalk implies, the book does not approach the issue headon. Gunter grass, who confronted germanys past as well as. The tin drum summarised the 20th century in three words. Gunter grass has been wrestling with germanys past for decades now, but no book since the tin drum has generated as much excitement as this engrossing account of the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff. The novel is the first book of grass s danziger trilogie danzig trilogy, and winner of the nobel prize in literature.
Nobel prizewinning authors posthumous collection of mediations is witty and touching. The gunter grass house in lubeck houses exhibitions of his drawings and sculptures, an archive and a library. Apr 18, 2015 gunter grass, right, and salman rushdie wave to the crowd in front of a portrait of grass, during his 70th birthday party in hamburgs thalia theatre, october 1997. Gunter wilhelm grass was a german novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and recipient of the 1999 nobel prize in literature. The wrapper is in fine condition and is protected in a removable brodart archival protector. Of all that ends is a collecion of his essays and poetry of about his life, his family, and also his drawings. In 1924, oskar matzerath is born in the free city of danzig. The title is in east prussian dialect, the native dialect of grass, and it means about finitude. In the narrative, the 80yearold grass eight children, at their fathers request, record conversations where they say what they think of him.
Gunter grass books list of books by author gunter grass. Gunter grass was a german author who won the 1999 nobel prize in literature. Gunter grass has 214 books on goodreads with 1747 ratings. It is the third and last volume of his danzig trilogy, the other two being the tin drum and cat and mouse. Gunter grass 19272015 was germanys foremost writer for more than half a century, and his books were and remain bestsellers across the world. Get book recommendations, fiction, poetry, and dispatches from the world of literature in your inbox. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Grass was the novelist, social critic and nobel prize winner whom many called his countrys moral conscience but. With david bennent, mario adorf, angela winkler, katharina thalbach. World war ii and the history of the century from the perspective of a small man and a reckoning with. His parents were middleclass merchants of germanpolish descent. Nobel prizewinning author gunter grass, best known for his book the tin drum, has died at age 87 at a hospital in luebeck, germany. Grass was born in the free city of danzig now gdansk, poland.
Trained as a stonemason and sculptor, grass began writing in the 1950s. Tales from the darkroom by gunter grass book quote. In may 1945, after brief service as a teenaged soldier in the waffen ss. In this extraordinary memoir, nobel prizewinning author gunter grass remembers his early life, from his boyhood in a cramped tworoom apartment in danzig through the late 1950s, when his book the tin drum was published. Books by gunter grass author of the tin drum goodreads. Outspoken and controversial, he impacted the way germany. The tin drum is a novel written by gunter grass and published in 1959. Gunter grass was born in gdansk, poland on october 16, 1927 to a german father and kashubian mother.
He was awarded the nobel prize for literature in 1999. Essays and criticism on gunter grass grass, gunter wilhelm enotes home. Cat and mouse by gunter grass and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Just read the faith,hope, love chapter to realize that gunter grass is not your ordinary writer. Grass always designs his own book jackets, and his books often contain illustrations by the author. Gunter grass, german writer who was the literary spokesman for the german generation. Gunter grass, the nobelprizewinning german writer who explored the countrys postwar guilt and in 2006 himself admitted to serving in one of the nazis most notorious military units, died.
As a teenager, he served as a drafted soldier from late 1944 in the waffenss and was taken as a prisoner of war by us forces at the end of the war in may 1945. Inscribed and dated in 1986 by gunter grass on the halftitle page. Gunter wilhelm grass was a nobel prizewinning german novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor. Gunter grass 16 october 1927 april 2015 was a german novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 nobel prize in literature. New poems by gunter grass translated by michael hamburger and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Nor is the sinking of the ship the centrepiece either of the narrative. The tin drum, became the literary spokesman for the german generation that grew up in the nazi era and survived the war. The tin drum a novel that had the impact of a bomb. As grass blends his ingredients into a powerful brew, he shows himself at the peak of his linguistic inventiveness. Gunter grass criticises refugee treatment from beyond the grave posthumous publication of nobel prizewinning writers last book attacks rising vitriol towards refugees in germany published. In this new novel grass examines a subject that has long been taboo the suffering of germans during world war ii. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus.
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