| Too Far Afield Contributor(s): Grass, Günter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156014165 ISBN-13: 9780156014168 Publisher: Harpervia OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2001 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Biographical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00029586 |
| Physical Information: 1.21" H x 5.95" W x 9.05" (1.74 lbs) 672 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 1980's - Chronological Period - 1990's - Cultural Region - Central Europe - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Grass, Gunter: - 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. |