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Too Far Afield
By Grass, Günter
Too Far Afield
From the Nobel Prize-winning author of "My Century" and "The Tin Drum" comes a novel of broad historical proportions set in Berlin during the years of German reunification.
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Authors:
Grass, Günter
Copyright:
2000
Format:
Paperback
GTIN13:
9780156014168
ISBN10:
0156014165
Page Count:
672
Dimensions:
5.95x1.21x9.05
Publisher:
Harpervia
Strand Notes
Two seventy-year-old men roam through Berlin observing life in the aftermath of the dismantling of the Wall in 1989; one a former East German functionary, the other a mid-level spy of uncertain loyalties. From the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (1999). 658p. Pap.
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From the Nobel Prize-winning author of My Century and The Tin Drum, a novel of broad historical proportions set in Berlin during the years of German reunification. Two old men roam through Berlin observing life in the former German Democratic Republic after the fall of the Wall in 1989. Theo Wuttke, a former East German functionary, is a keen observer and a gifted speaker. Ludwig Hoftaller is a mid-level spy whose loyalties shift with each new regime. Together, both men see what the future is bringing as they try to save what they can from the past and understand the meaning of being German. A complex and challenging exploration of what Germany's reunification will mean-for Germans, for Europe, and for the world-Too Far Afield is a masterwork from one of Europe's greatest writers. Written with the wit, fantasy, literary erudition, and political acerbity for which Grass is celebrated, it is a deeply human story laced with pain and humor in equal measure.
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