My Century

In a work of great originality, Germany's most eminent writer examines the victories and terrors of the twentieth century, a period of astounding change for mankind. Great events and seemingly trivial occurrences, technical developments and scientific achievements, war and disasters, and new beginnings, all unfold to display our century in its glory and grimness. A rich and lively display of Grass's extraordinary imagination, the 100 interlinked stories in this volume-one for each year from 1900 to 1999-present a historical and social portrait for the millennium, a tale of our times in all its grandeur and all its horror.

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

In a work of great originality, Germany's most eminent writer examines the victories and terrors of the twentieth century, a period of astounding change for mankind. Great events and seemingly trivial occurrences, technical developments and scientific achievements, war and disasters, and new beginnings, all unfold to display our century in its glory and grimness. A rich and lively display of Grass's extraordinary imagination, the 100 interlinked stories in this volume-one for each year from 1900 to 1999-present a historical and social portrait for the millennium, a tale of our times in all its grandeur and all its horror.

Product details

• Authors: Geunter Grass, Guenter Grass, Gunter Grass, Günter Grass
• Assisted by: Michael Henry Heim (Translation)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2000
• EAN: 9780156011419
• ISBN: 978-0-15-601141-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Weight: 312 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Europe, European History, Germany, Philosophy, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, social and political philosophy, Social and cultural history, Western philosophy from c 1800, General and world history, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: Social History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Literary Figures, PHILOSOPHY: Social, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, PHILOSOPHY: Essays, HISTORY: Europe / Germany, PHILOSOPHY: History & Surveys / Modern, HISTORY: Europe / General, HISTORY: Essays, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Memoirs