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  <title><![CDATA[Dog Years (The Danzig Trilogy, #3)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;div&gt;A novel set in three parts, beginning in the 1920s and ending in the 1950s, that follows the lives of two friends from the prewar years in Germany through an apocalyptic period and its startling aftermath. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1963</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Hundejahre (Danziger Triologie, #3)</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Günter Grass]]></name>
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  <date_added>Wed Aug 27 20:16:18 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Aug 27 20:35:45 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I haven't read this book for a while now, but I have read it over and over. I had to put it on the list because it's my favorite book of all time and this seems like a logical place to say so. When this book gets talked about it is generally said to be a lesser creation than The Tin Drum, which is k...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31393210">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="36669631">
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    <name><![CDATA[Lorenzo]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Nov 01 03:56:51 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 15 15:02:59 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Arf...whoof...I did it!<br/>But it wasn't that easy.<br/><br/>Now I feel like the dog printed in the front cover of this book and drawn by Grass himself. A dog with its tongue out after a long run all through unknown narrative woods.<br/>Just like &quot;Prinz&quot; did, escaping from his famous ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36669631">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="15154049">
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    <name><![CDATA[Robert]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2000</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Feb 11 11:00:01 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 11 11:00:01 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[First: If you decide to tackle the Danzig Trilogy, Reddick's critical analysis is indispensable. I suggest tackling it the same way I did: read The Tin Drum, start Reddick's book at the same time you start Cat and Mouse (Reddick reads faster than Grass, and you'll get through a lot of Reddick while ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15154049">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="5946009">
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    <name><![CDATA[Amari]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 09 11:35:32 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 09 11:41:26 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[outstanding! i have read all of the danzig trilogy; i found the tin drum impressive and fascinating but felt somehow removed, and i didn't get an awful lot out of cat and mouse, but dog years affected me deeply. the ingenious method of storytelling, the sometimes joycean, highly experimental prose, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5946009">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5946009]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="57834909">
    <user id="202331">
    <name><![CDATA[Anna]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Kraków, Poland]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat May 30 03:33:48 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 07 23:15:52 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Przebrnęłam przez tą książkę z pewnymi problemami. Psie lata odnoszą się chyba do tych wszystkich psów, które przewijają się przez książkę. ]]></body>
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    <review id="2243323">
    <user id="4693">
    <name><![CDATA[علی]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[3050, Denmark]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <date_added>Fri Jun 22 03:21:44 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 25 10:30:57 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was late when I realised that this is part of a trilogy one should start from Tin Drum, then Doy Years after Cat and Mouse. I did it different, anyway. Dog Years is absolutly a heavy pjece, as heavy as walking through an unknown jungle in the middle of a dark night. Reading Dog years you’ve rea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2243323">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2243323]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="40459613">
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    <name><![CDATA[Sandy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1979</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Dec 19 09:23:40 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Dec 19 09:24:25 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was my first &quot;Favorite Book!!!&quot;]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40459613]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="52389288">
    <user id="1320973">
    <name><![CDATA[Joseph]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Cambridge, MA]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Apr 12 10:13:51 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Apr 16 07:10:05 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Glad to have finished the Danzig trilogy.  This was my favorite one.]]></body>
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    <review id="53965797">
    <user id="290718">
    <name><![CDATA[Edward]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu May 21 17:58:34 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Apr 25 18:24:35 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 21 17:58:34 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Currently &quot;re-reading,&quot; that is.<br/>Germany's struggle to  come to grips with its then-recent nazi past, its tendency toward denial and to blindly moving on without reconciling still present conflicts feels oddly familiar in america in 2009. Now why the hell would that be?]]></body>
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    <review id="13399256">
    <user id="545873">
    <name><![CDATA[Jaylene]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Nairobi, Kenya]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 24 09:59:00 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 24 10:03:33 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know why I couldn't continue this book. Sure, it bored me but that hasn't stopped me before. Maybe it was my suspicion of the translation, or my location but whatever the reason, it was abandoned in Africa and has left a metallic taste in my mouth.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13399256]]></url>
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    <review id="28968422">
    <user id="1310592">
    <name><![CDATA[Phoebe]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Fri Aug 01 07:14:30 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 01 07:16:12 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of those books I need to pick up again, to see if it still is as powerful as the first time through. My parallel recollection is that the movie rendition was a huge disappointment.]]></body>
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    <review id="874221">
    <user id="69073">
    <name><![CDATA[Alicia]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[94043, Spain]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Wed Apr 25 04:45:16 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Apr 30 04:07:25 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I bought it in a second-hand book stand<br/>at the plaça George Orwell of Barcelona. I like as the book begins: 'You tell. No, you. Or you. Should the actor begin?...']]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/874221]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="37309415">
    <user id="249622">
    <name><![CDATA[Oon]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 10 01:56:56 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 12 21:27:47 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Frankly, I don't understand this book. I've read The Tin Drum and I found that book entertaining, but this book isn't. I just don't understand]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37309415]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="2416934">
    <user id="151173">
    <name><![CDATA[Jonathan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United Kingdom]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jun 26 14:47:52 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jun 26 14:49:17 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I learned that one can become immortal through sheer bloody-mindedness, and about dogs, and scarecrows.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2416934]]></url>
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    <review id="2702814">
    <user id="138874">
    <name><![CDATA[Titah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Wed Jul 04 06:35:50 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 04 06:35:50 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another book from a Nobel Prize winner. At least, the first pages are promising.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2702814]]></url>
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    <review id="1922465">
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    <name><![CDATA[Anna]]></name>
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  <date_added>Wed Jun 13 09:26:59 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 13 09:27:39 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Book 3 of the Danzig Trilogy.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1922465]]></url>
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    <review id="78598077">
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  <date_added>Sat Nov 21 20:58:59 -0800 2009</date_added>
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  <date_added>Thu Nov 12 17:39:03 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <review id="76892316">
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    <name><![CDATA[David]]></name>
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