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Peeling the Onion -- 2008 publication
Günter Grass
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Description for Peeling the Onion -- 2008 publication
Paperback. Offers an account of the author's modest upbringing in Danzig, his time as a boy soldier fighting the Russians, and the writing of his masterpiece, The Tin Drum, in Paris. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 121 x 28. Weight in Grams: 372.
Peeling the Onion is a searingly honest account of Grass' modest upbringing in Danzig, his time as a boy soldier fighting the Russians, and the writing of his masterpiece, The Tin Drum, in Paris.
It is a remarkable autobiography and, without question, one of Günter Grass' finest works.
By the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Tin Drum.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099507598
SKU
V9780099507598
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Ref
99-94
About Günter Grass
Günter Grass (1927–2015) was Germany’s most celebrated post-war writer. He was a creative artist of remarkable versatility: novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, graphic artist. Grass’s first novel, The Tin Drum, is widely regarded as one of the finest novels of the twentieth century, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1999.
Reviews for Peeling the Onion -- 2008 publication
An exquisitely constructed narrative... Peeling the Onion is a genuine masterpiece
Independent on Sunday
A memoir of rare literary beauty
New Yorker
As a writer, his influence still looms large, and Peeling the Onion is a reminder why. It has that same imaginative accuracy that made The Tin Drum a bestseller
The Times
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Independent on Sunday
A memoir of rare literary beauty
New Yorker
As a writer, his influence still looms large, and Peeling the Onion is a reminder why. It has that same imaginative accuracy that made The Tin Drum a bestseller
The Times
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