The Meeting at Telgte

A group of leading intellectuals from all parts of Germany gather in 1647 for the purpose of strengthening the last remaining bond within a divided nation-its language and literature-as the Thirty Years' War comes to an end. Afterword by Leonard Forster. 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.
 

Product details

• Authors: Gunter Grass, Günter Grass
• Assisted by: Ralph Manheim (Translation)
• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.10.1990
• EAN: 9780156585750
• ISBN: 978-0-15-658575-0
• No. of pages: 156
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 136 g
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature