Cat And Mouse

by Günter Grass

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780156155519
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	10/31/1991
Series:	Danzig Trilogy , #2
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	594,701
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.
 

Editorial Reviews

"A brilliantly realized story... At the deepest level, Mr. Grass resumes here the underlying theme of his famous first novel, 'The Tin Drum'—the survival of individual human qualities in this age of wars and state-directed politics." — The New York Times Book Review

"The strongest most inventic writer to have emerged in Germany since 1945. Much of what is active in the Germany of Krupp and the Munich beer halls lies in this man's ribald keeping." Commentary
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