| Headbirths: Or the Germans Are Dying Out Contributor(s): Grass, Günter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156399954 ISBN-13: 9780156399951 Publisher: Harpervia OUR PRICE: $13.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1990 Annotation: Harm and Dorte Peters, the quintessential couple, are on vacation in Asia. But wherever they are, they can't get away from the political upheaval back home. With irony and wit, Grass takes aim at capitalism, communism, religion-even reproduction; nothing escapes unscathed. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Political |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 90036803 |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 5.52" W x 8.56" (0.44 lbs) 144 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Harm and D rte Peters, the quintessential couple, are on vacation in Asia. But wherever they are, they can't get away from the political upheaval back home. With irony and wit, Grass takes aim at capitalism, communism, religion-even reproduction; nothing escapes unscathed. 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. |