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From Germany to Germany: Diary 1990 by Gunter Grass
$39.99 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
In 1990, Gunter Grass - a reluctant diarist - felt compelled to make a record of the interesting times through which he was living. Following the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 and the collapse of Communism, Germany and Europe were enduring a period of immense upheaval. Grass resolved to immer ...Show more
Of All That Ends by Gunter Grass
$38.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography
Suddenly, in spite of the trials of old age, and with the end in sight, everything seems possible again: love letters, soliloquies, scenes of jealousy, swan songs, social satire, and moments of happiness. Only an aging artist who has once more cheated death can get to work with such wisdom, defiance and ...Show more
Peeling the Onion by Gunter Grass
$32.99 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography | Reading Level: very good
"Peeling the Onion" is a searingly honest memoir that evokes Grass' modest upbringing in Danzig, his time as a boy soldier fighting the Russians and concludes with the writing of his masterpiece, "The Tin Drum", in Paris. Grass' parents ran a corner shop, but his mother, whom he adored, encouraged him t ...Show more
The Box - Tales from the Darkroom by Gunter Grass; Krishna Winston (translator)
$29.99 NZD
Category: Children's books | Reading Level: very good
The sequel to Grass's controversial and successful book Peeling the Onion. 'Once upon a time there was a father who, because he had grown old, called together his sons and daughters - four, five, six, eight in number - and finally convinced them, after long hesitation, to do as he wished. Now they are ...Show more
The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass
$16.99 NZD
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Vintage War
On his third birthday, at three feet tall, Oskar decides to stop growing. On the same day, he receives his first tin drum. Together with his piercing scream, he wields his drum as an anarchic weapon, drawing forth memories from the past and passing judgement on the horrors, injustices, and eccentricitie ...Show more
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