| Cat and Mouse Harvest/HBJ Edition Contributor(s): Grass, Günter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156155516 ISBN-13: 9780156155519 Publisher: Harpervia OUR PRICE: $13.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Historical - World War Ii |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 91022884 |
| Series: Danzig |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.50 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The setting is Danzig during World War II. The narrator recalls a boyhood scene in which a black cat pounces on his friend Mahlke's "mouse"-his prominent Adam's apple. This incident sets off a wild series of events that ultimately leads to Mahlke's becoming a national hero. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book |
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. |