The Call of the Toad

A German art historian and a Polish art restorer find adventure and love in the cemetery business. Their vision is to offer plots in Gdansk to those Germans who had been exiled after World War II. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Line drawings by the Author. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

About the author

GÜNTER GRASS (1927–2015), Germany's most celebrated contemporary writer, attained worldwide renown with the publication of his novel The Tin Drum in 1959. A man of remarkable versatility, Grass was a poet, playwright, social critic, graphic artist, and novelist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1999.
 

Summary

A German art historian and a Polish art restorer find adventure and love in the cemetery business. Their vision is to offer plots in Gdansk to those Germans who had been exiled after World War II. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Line drawings by the Author. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Product details

• Authors: Gunter Grass, Günter Grass
• Assisted by: Ralph Manheim (Translation)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.11.1993
• EAN: 9780156153409
• ISBN: 978-0-15-615340-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Harvest Book; Harvest Book
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, Family life fiction, Humorous fiction, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Satirical fiction and parodies, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, FICTION: Cultural Heritage, FICTION: Satire, FICTION: Friendship, FICTION: Humorous / Black Humor, FICTION: World Literature / Germany / 20th Century