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

Info autore

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.
 

Riassunto

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gunter Grass, Grass, Günter Grass
• Con la collaborazione di: Ralph Manheim (Traduzione)
• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 29.10.1990
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Narrativa > Romanzi
• EAN: 9780156399951
• ISBN: 978-0-15-639995-1
• Numero di pagine: 144
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 13.5 x 20.3 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 4’531 g
• Categorie: Historical fiction, Eastern Europe, France, Second World War fiction, Germany, Narrative theme: Interior life, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Anthologies: general, 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