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In this extraordinary memoir, Nobel Prize–winning author Gunter Grass remembers his early life, from his boyhood in a cramped two-room apartment in Danzig through the late 1950s, when The Tin Drum was published. During the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the... read more
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First Sentence edit
TODAY, as in years past, the temptation to camouflage oneself in the third person remains great: He was going on twelve, though he still loved sitting in his mother's lap, when such and such began and ended.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 60 of 100 in Top 100 Books That Defined The Noughties (Telegraph). (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Günter Grass (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: German
Publisher: Steidl, Göttingen
Country: Germany
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 3-86521-330-8
Page Count: 448
Publisher: Steidl, Göttingen
Country: Germany
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 3-86521-330-8
Page Count: 448
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 838.91409
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