78 Pages
by
Routledge
78 Pages
by
Routledge
78 Pages
by
Routledge
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Günter Grass is one of the writers who grew up in a Germany already in the grip of Nazism. None of them has found better ways than his of translating the sordid history of the movement into fiction; none has looked more critically at the ‘denazification’ and reconstruction of Germany. In this important study, originally published in 1985, Ronald Hayman scrutinizes Grass’s development and assesses... Read more
Introduction: Disinfectant Literature 1. Puppets and Ballerinas 2. Windfowls and Talking Rats 3. Drums and Eels 4. Cats and Dogs 5. Teeth and Snails 6. Floundering 7. Creativity and Procreation.
Biography
Ronald Hayman
Original review of Günter Grass:
‘…provides a careful and fascinating analysis of all of Grass’s fiction.’ Neil Ascherson, London Review of Books, Vol 7, No. 18, (1985).
