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The setting is Danzig during World War II. The narrator recalls a boyhood scene in which a black cat pounces on his friend Mahlke’s “mouse”-his prominent Adam’s apple. This incident sets off a wild series of events that ultimately leads to Mahlke’s becoming a national hero. Translated by... read more

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... and one day, after Mahlke had learned to swim, we were lying in the grass, in the Schlagball field.

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This is book 449 of 1272 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)

Preceded by Solaris, and followed by The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

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  1. Günter Grass (Author)

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Original Language: German
Publisher: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag
Country: Germany
Publication Date: 1993
ISBN: 3423118229
Page Count: 192

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