Headbirths - or The Germans Are Dying Out

Harm and Dörte Peters, the quintessential couple, are on vacation in Asia. But wherever they are, they can't get away from the political upheaval back home. With irony and wit, Grass takes aim at capitalism, communism, religion-even reproduction; nothing escapes unscathed. 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

Harm and Dörte Peters, the quintessential couple, are on vacation in Asia. But wherever they are, they can't get away from the political upheaval back home. With irony and wit, Grass takes aim at capitalism, communism, religion-even reproduction; nothing escapes unscathed. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Product details

• Authors: Grass, Gunter Grass, Günter Grass
• Assisted by: Ralph Manheim (Translation)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.10.1990
• EAN: 9780156399951
• ISBN: 978-0-15-639995-1
• No. of pages: 144
• Weight: 4531 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Political, FICTION: Anthologies (multiple authors), LITERARY COLLECTIONS: European / German, FICTION: World Literature / Europe (General), LITERARY COLLECTIONS: European / French, FICTION: World Literature / American / 20th Century, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: European / Scandinavian, FICTION: World Literature / Germany / General, FICTION: World Literature / Germany / 20th Century