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Grass's final work, a "series of meditations on writing, growing old, and living in the world"--Dust jacket flap.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
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| Publisher Address: | Boston : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
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English German |
| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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| Summary: |
Grass's final work, a "series of meditations on writing, growing old, and living in the world"--Dust jacket flap. "The final work of the Nobel Prize winner Günter Grass--a witty and elegiac series of meditations on writing, growing old, and living in the world. In spite of the trials of old age, and with the end in sight, suddenly everything seems possible again: love letters, soliloquies, scenes of jealousy, swan songs, social satire, and moments of happiness crowd onto the page. Only an aging artist who has once more cheated death can set to work with such wisdom, defiance, and wit. A wealth of touching stories is condensed into artful miniatures. In a striking interplay of poetry, lyric prose, and d |
| Item Description: |
Short essays and poems. Illustrations by the author. |
| Carrier Form: | 167 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780544785380 (hardcover) : 054478538X (hardcover) |
| Index Number: | PT2613 |
| CLC: | I516.25 |
| Call Number: | I516.25/G768-1 |
| Contents: |
Free as a bird -- On each new leaf -- Sepia au naturel -- In an endless line -- Swoon -- Evening prayer -- Abundance -- Snail mail -- My own sounds -- Solioquy -- With staying power -- I lack the strength -- On the inner life -- Which came first -- Farewell to what teeth remain -- Over the abyss -- The last one -- Self-portrait -- Standing singly and in fairy rings -- Complaints of a traveler -- Innards -- Once -- On payments -- In Frankfurt am Main -- Everyday events -- Property -- What bird was brooding here? -- Letters -- Libuše my love -- Where his humor fled |