The Rat

A female rat engages the narrator in a series of dialogues-convincingly demonstrating to him that the rats will inherit a devastated earth. Dreams alternate with reality in this story within a story within a story. 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 female rat engages the narrator in a series of dialogues—convincingly demonstrating to him that the rats will inherit a devastated earth. Dreams alternate with reality in this story within a story within a story. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Product details

• Authors: Gunter Grass, Günter Grass
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.05.1989
• EAN: 9780156758307
• ISBN: 978-0-15-675830-7
• No. of pages: 384
• Weight: 544 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Fantasy / General, FICTION: Fantasy / Urban, FICTION: Short Stories (single author), FICTION: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, FICTION: Science Fiction / Hard Science Fiction, FICTION: Sea Stories, FICTION: Fantasy / Humorous, FICTION: Fantasy / Historical, FICTION: Animals, FICTION: Science Fiction / Humorous