false 35740 <![CDATA[Peeling the Onion]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg The Tin Drum was published.

During the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the age of fifteen but was rejected; two years later, in 1944, he was instead drafted into the Waffen-SS. Taken prisoner by American forces as he was recovering from shrapnel wounds, he spent the final weeks of the war in an American POW camp. After the war, Grass resolved to become an artist and moved with his first wife to Paris, where he began to write the novel that would make him famous.

Full of the bravado of youth, the rubble of postwar Germany, the thrill of wild love affairs, and the exhilaration of Paris in the early fifties, Peeling the Onion—which caused great controversy when it was published in Germany—reveals Grass at his most intimate.

</div></div>]]> 35740 19 736274 2006 Peeling the Onion total:178|5:46|4:73|3:44|2:9|1:6| 178 678 376 41 749461 3.87 5262 540 45463890 1008236 35740 0151014779 9780151014774 35 <![CDATA[Peeling the Onion]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35740.Peeling_the_Onion 3.87 127 The Tin Drum was published.

During the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the age of fifteen but was rejected; two years later, in 1944, he was instead drafted into the Waffen-SS. Taken prisoner by American forces as he was recovering from shrapnel wounds, he spent the final weeks of the war in an American POW camp. After the war, Grass resolved to become an artist and moved with his first wife to Paris, where he began to write the novel that would make him famous.

Full of the bravado of youth, the rubble of postwar Germany, the thrill of wild love affairs, and the exhilaration of Paris in the early fifties, Peeling the Onion—which caused great controversy when it was published in Germany—reveals Grass at his most intimate.

</div></div>]]> 0 0 false Thu Feb 05 10:01:50 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 10:01:50 -0800 2009 A standard plot summary of Peeling the Onion obscures the one detail—Grass's revelation that he had served in the Waffen-SS—that has made the 1999 Nobel laureate's memoir so controversial. This omission, considered unforgivable in Germany, is handled more sensitively in U.S. critical circles. Do...

more...]]> 57163666 2313534 35740 0151014779 9780151014774 35 <![CDATA[Peeling the Onion]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35740.Peeling_the_Onion 3.81 178 The Tin Drum was published.

During the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the age of fifteen but was rejected; two years later, in 1944, he was instead drafted into the Waffen-SS. Taken prisoner by American forces as he was recovering from shrapnel wounds, he spent the final weeks of the war in an American POW camp. After the war, Grass resolved to become an artist and moved with his first wife to Paris, where he began to write the novel that would make him famous.

Full of the bravado of youth, the rubble of postwar Germany, the thrill of wild love affairs, and the exhilaration of Paris in the early fifties, Peeling the Onion—which caused great controversy when it was published in Germany—reveals Grass at his most intimate.

</div></div>]]> 4 0 false Thu May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 12:02:17 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 13:06:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 17777193 986337 35740 0151014779 9780151014774 35 <![CDATA[Peeling the Onion]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35740.Peeling_the_Onion 3.81 178 The Tin Drum was published.

During the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the age of fifteen but was rejected; two years later, in 1944, he was instead drafted into the Waffen-SS. Taken prisoner by American forces as he was recovering from shrapnel wounds, he spent the final weeks of the war in an American POW camp. After the war, Grass resolved to become an artist and moved with his first wife to Paris, where he began to write the novel that would make him famous.

Full of the bravado of youth, the rubble of postwar Germany, the thrill of wild love affairs, and the exhilaration of Paris in the early fifties, Peeling the Onion—which caused great controversy when it was published in Germany—reveals Grass at his most intimate.

</div></div>]]> 3 1 false Fri Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 19:00:04 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 19:01:08 -0700 2008 77716135 2939658 1978204 3865213308 9783865213303 1 <![CDATA[Beim Häuten der Zwiebel]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1978204.Beim_H_uten_der_Zwiebel 3.25 4 Beim Häuten der Zwiebel bekannt gewordene Bekenntnis des Schriftstellers und Nobelpreisträgers Günter Grass, im Alter von 17 Jahren kurz bei der Waffen-SS gewesen zu sein, hat im Blätterwald der Feuilletons viel Staub aufgewirbelt. Vor allem die späte Auseinandersetzung mit seiner Vergangenheit machte den Kritikern offenbar zu schaffen. Jetzt, sagte Grass, sei die Zeit einfach reif dafür gewesen, dieses lang verdrängte Trauma niederzuschreiben. Wer Beim Häuten der Zwiebel aufmerksam liest, kann die Gründe hierfür -- und damit Grass -- besser verstehen.

Die Passage von der Zeit bei der Waffen-SS ist nur ein Bruchteil des fast 500 Seiten dicken Buchs. Es schildert die Kindheit und Jugend des Schriftstellers bis zum Erscheinungsjahr seines hoch gelobten und längst zum Klassiker avancierten Debütromans Die Blechtrommel. Es geht um die Liebe zu seiner Mutter, die den Wunsch, Künstler zu werden, unterstützte, seine Verwirklichung durch ihren frühen Krebstod aber nicht mehr erlebte,. Es geht um Hitlers Ãœberfall auf Polen, der den Beginn des Zweiten Weltkriegs und das Ende von Grass' Kindheit bedeutete. Es geht um die Zeit als ideologiegläubiger Hitlerjunge, Luftwaffenhelfer und Kriegsgefangener. Und es geht nicht zuletzt um die Pariser Jahre, in denen die Blechtrommel entstand. Vor allem aber geht es auch darum, „was alles geschehen musste, um diese Sperre vor der Sprache abzubauen, bis es dann zu den Wortkaskaden der ,Blechtrommel' kommt“. Dass dies auf verschiednen Zeit- und Reflexionsebenen und mit Hilfe einer überaus eigenwilligen Sprache geschieht, versteht sich bei Grass von selbst.

Grass liebt poetologische Metaphern. In der Novelle Katz und Maus war es die Katze, die mit ihren Streifzügen den „lauernden“, jederzeit die Richtung wechselnden Geschichtsverlauf symbolisch fasste. Bei Im Krebsgang diente der seitliche, mögliche Feinde täuschende Gang des Krebses als Bild für den vorsichtig abwägenden Erzählfluss. Beim Häuten der Zwiebel nun hat Grass diese Vorsicht ein Stück weit aufgegeben. Denn seine Erinnerungen sind ein ehrliches, offenes Buch, bei dem sich sogar ein Teil der Figurenwelt wie Oskar Matzerath aus der Blechtrommel selbstständig macht und Dichtung und Wahrheit ein ums andere Mal ineinander fließen. Auch wenn Grass, sprachverspielt wie er nun einmal ist, seine Biografie nicht gänzlich entblößt, sondern im permanenten Oszillieren mit der Fiktion selbst die Erinnerung wieder ein wenig als Phantasie entlarvt, bietet Beim Häuten der Zwiebel auf literarisch hohem Niveau vielfach Gelegenheit, sich mit dem Werden eines großen Autors auseinander zu setzen. Und beim langsamen Entblättern der Gedächtnisschichten wird einem plötzlich klar, wie viel Autobiografisches sich im literarischen Werk verbirgt. --Thomas Köster

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I do admire the openness and honesty with which Grass describes his teenage years during the Second World War and the Nazi regime in Germany though. He describes ...more...]]> 40959950 1822085 35740 0151014779 9780151014774 35 <![CDATA[Peeling the Onion]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35740.Peeling_the_Onion 3.81 178 The Tin Drum was published.

During the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the age of fifteen but was rejected; two years later, in 1944, he was instead drafted into the Waffen-SS. Taken prisoner by American forces as he was recovering from shrapnel wounds, he spent the final weeks of the war in an American POW camp. After the war, Grass resolved to become an artist and moved with his first wife to Paris, where he began to write the novel that would make him famous.

Full of the bravado of youth, the rubble of postwar Germany, the thrill of wild love affairs, and the exhilaration of Paris in the early fifties, Peeling the Onion—which caused great controversy when it was published in Germany—reveals Grass at his most intimate.

</div></div>]]> 5 0 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 26 16:07:24 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 16:07:24 -0800 2008 more...]]> 58855975 1295860 35740 0151014779 9780151014774 35 <![CDATA[Peeling the Onion]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35740.Peeling_the_Onion 3.81 178 The Tin Drum was published.

During the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the age of fifteen but was rejected; two years later, in 1944, he was instead drafted into the Waffen-SS. Taken prisoner by American forces as he was recovering from shrapnel wounds, he spent the final weeks of the war in an American POW camp. After the war, Grass resolved to become an artist and moved with his first wife to Paris, where he began to write the novel that would make him famous.

Full of the bravado of youth, the rubble of postwar Germany, the thrill of wild love affairs, and the exhilaration of Paris in the early fifties, Peeling the Onion—which caused great controversy when it was published in Germany—reveals Grass at his most intimate.

</div></div>]]> 4 0 false Mon Jun 08 08:39:01 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 08:44:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 37115968 320092 35740 0151014779 9780151014774 35 <![CDATA[Peeling the Onion]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35740.Peeling_the_Onion 3.81 178 The Tin Drum was published.

During the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the age of fifteen but was rejected; two years later, in 1944, he was instead drafted into the Waffen-SS. Taken prisoner by American forces as he was recovering from shrapnel wounds, he spent the final weeks of the war in an American POW camp. After the war, Grass resolved to become an artist and moved with his first wife to Paris, where he began to write the novel that would make him famous.

Full of the bravado of youth, the rubble of postwar Germany, the thrill of wild love affairs, and the exhilaration of Paris in the early fifties, Peeling the Onion—which caused great controversy when it was published in Germany—reveals Grass at his most intimate.

</div></div>]]> 1 0 false Fri Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 09:22:30 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 09:55:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 34205015 586208 35740 0151014779 9780151014774 35 <![CDATA[Peeling the Onion]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35740.Peeling_the_Onion 3.81 178 The Tin Drum was published.

During the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the age of fifteen but was rejected; two years later, in 1944, he was instead drafted into the Waffen-SS. Taken prisoner by American forces as he was recovering from shrapnel wounds, he spent the final weeks of the war in an American POW camp. After the war, Grass resolved to become an artist and moved with his first wife to Paris, where he began to write the novel that would make him famous.

Full of the bravado of youth, the rubble of postwar Germany, the thrill of wild love affairs, and the exhilaration of Paris in the early fifties, Peeling the Onion—which caused great controversy when it was published in Germany—reveals Grass at his most intimate.

</div></div>]]> 4 0 false Tue Sep 30 10:48:24 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 10:04:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 26880416 26188 35740 0151014779 9780151014774 35 <![CDATA[Peeling the Onion]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35740.Peeling_the_Onion 3.81 178 The Tin Drum was published.

During the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the age of fifteen but was rejected; two years later, in 1944, he was instead drafted into the Waffen-SS. Taken prisoner by American forces as he was recovering from shrapnel wounds, he spent the final weeks of the war in an American POW camp. After the war, Grass resolved to become an artist and moved with his first wife to Paris, where he began to write the novel that would make him famous.

Full of the bravado of youth, the rubble of postwar Germany, the thrill of wild love affairs, and the exhilaration of Paris in the early fifties, Peeling the Onion—which caused great controversy when it was published in Germany—reveals Grass at his most intimate.

</div></div>]]> 4 0 false Thu Jul 10 13:08:15 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 13:13:41 -0700 2008 The Tin Drum. You slowly see how some events of the novel were influenced by his own life, and how many characters of that novel were based on the real people in his life. I couldn’t help comparing this book with Nabokov’s Sp...more...]]> 20735512 514234 3149799 0099507595 9780099507598 2 <![CDATA[Peeling the Onion]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3149799.Peeling_the_Onion 3.75 8 The Tin Drum was published.

During the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the age of fifteen but was rejected; two years later, in 1944, he was instead drafted into the Waffen-SS. Taken prisoner by American forces as he was recovering from shrapnel wounds, he spent the final weeks of the war in an American POW camp. After the war, Grass resolved to become an artist and moved with his first wife to Paris, where he began to write the novel that would make him famous.

Full of the bravado of youth, the rubble of postwar Germany, the thrill of wild love affairs, and the exhilaration of Paris in the early fifties, Peeling the Onion—which caused great controversy when it was published in Germany—reveals Grass at his most intimate.

</div></div>]]> 5 0 false Sun Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 13:11:08 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 16:45:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 19627493 139695 35740 0151014779 9780151014774 35 <![CDATA[Peeling the Onion]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35740.Peeling_the_Onion 3.81 178 The Tin Drum was published.

During the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the age of fifteen but was rejected; two years later, in 1944, he was instead drafted into the Waffen-SS. Taken prisoner by American forces as he was recovering from shrapnel wounds, he spent the final weeks of the war in an American POW camp. After the war, Grass resolved to become an artist and moved with his first wife to Paris, where he began to write the novel that would make him famous.

Full of the bravado of youth, the rubble of postwar Germany, the thrill of wild love affairs, and the exhilaration of Paris in the early fifties, Peeling the Onion—which caused great controversy when it was published in Germany—reveals Grass at his most intimate.

</div></div>]]> 5 0 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 05:02:04 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 05:02:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 26233029 1057458 35740 0151014779 9780151014774 35 <![CDATA[Peeling the Onion]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35740.Peeling_the_Onion 3.81 178 The Tin Drum was published.

During the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the age of fifteen but was rejected; two years later, in 1944, he was instead drafted into the Waffen-SS. Taken prisoner by American forces as he was recovering from shrapnel wounds, he spent the final weeks of the war in an American POW camp. After the war, Grass resolved to become an artist and moved with his first wife to Paris, where he began to write the novel that would make him famous.

Full of the bravado of youth, the rubble of postwar Germany, the thrill of wild love affairs, and the exhilaration of Paris in the early fifties, Peeling the Onion—which caused great controversy when it was published in Germany—reveals Grass at his most intimate.

</div></div>]]> 4 0 false Thu Jul 03 13:15:28 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 21:53:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 16221588 99841 35740 0151014779 9780151014774 35 <![CDATA[Peeling the Onion]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35740.Peeling_the_Onion 3.81 178 The Tin Drum was published.

During the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the age of fifteen but was rejected; two years later, in 1944, he was instead drafted into the Waffen-SS. Taken prisoner by American forces as he was recovering from shrapnel wounds, he spent the final weeks of the war in an American POW camp. After the war, Grass resolved to become an artist and moved with his first wife to Paris, where he began to write the novel that would make him famous.

Full of the bravado of youth, the rubble of postwar Germany, the thrill of wild love affairs, and the exhilaration of Paris in the early fifties, Peeling the Onion—which caused great controversy when it was published in Germany—reveals Grass at his most intimate.

</div></div>]]> 4 0 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 21:38:15 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 21:48:03 -0800 2008 more...]]> 15578244 914234 35740 0151014779 9780151014774 35 <![CDATA[Peeling the Onion]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35740.Peeling_the_Onion 3.81 178 The Tin Drum was published.

During the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the age of fifteen but was rejected; two years later, in 1944, he was instead drafted into the Waffen-SS. Taken prisoner by American forces as he was recovering from shrapnel wounds, he spent the final weeks of the war in an American POW camp. After the war, Grass resolved to become an artist and moved with his first wife to Paris, where he began to write the novel that would make him famous.

Full of the bravado of youth, the rubble of postwar Germany, the thrill of wild love affairs, and the exhilaration of Paris in the early fifties, Peeling the Onion—which caused great controversy when it was published in Germany—reveals Grass at his most intimate.

</div></div>]]> 4 0 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Feb 16 13:19:51 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 13:31:24 -0800 2008 more...]]> 49761790 1166130 35740 0151014779 9780151014774 35 <![CDATA[Peeling the Onion]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35740.Peeling_the_Onion 3.81 178 The Tin Drum was published.

During the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the age of fifteen but was rejected; two years later, in 1944, he was instead drafted into the Waffen-SS. Taken prisoner by American forces as he was recovering from shrapnel wounds, he spent the final weeks of the war in an American POW camp. After the war, Grass resolved to become an artist and moved with his first wife to Paris, where he began to write the novel that would make him famous.

Full of the bravado of youth, the rubble of postwar Germany, the thrill of wild love affairs, and the exhilaration of Paris in the early fifties, Peeling the Onion—which caused great controversy when it was published in Germany—reveals Grass at his most intimate.

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grass admits to being fascinated by nazi germany and i reckon he is trying to assuage his conscience a bit in this book....]]> 51472888 190453 35740 0151014779 9780151014774 35 <![CDATA[Peeling the Onion]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35740.Peeling_the_Onion 3.81 178 The Tin Drum was published.

During the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the age of fifteen but was rejected; two years later, in 1944, he was instead drafted into the Waffen-SS. Taken prisoner by American forces as he was recovering from shrapnel wounds, he spent the final weeks of the war in an American POW camp. After the war, Grass resolved to become an artist and moved with his first wife to Paris, where he began to write the novel that would make him famous.

Full of the bravado of youth, the rubble of postwar Germany, the thrill of wild love affairs, and the exhilaration of Paris in the early fifties, Peeling the Onion—which caused great controversy when it was published in Germany—reveals Grass at his most intimate.

</div></div>]]> 4 0 false Sat Apr 04 07:58:36 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 08:01:07 -0700 2009 55048992 1938043 35740 0151014779 9780151014774 35 <![CDATA[Peeling the Onion]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35740.Peeling_the_Onion 3.81 178 The Tin Drum was published.

During the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the age of fifteen but was rejected; two years later, in 1944, he was instead drafted into the Waffen-SS. Taken prisoner by American forces as he was recovering from shrapnel wounds, he spent the final weeks of the war in an American POW camp. After the war, Grass resolved to become an artist and moved with his first wife to Paris, where he began to write the novel that would make him famous.

Full of the bravado of youth, the rubble of postwar Germany, the thrill of wild love affairs, and the exhilaration of Paris in the early fifties, Peeling the Onion—which caused great controversy when it was published in Germany—reveals Grass at his most intimate.

</div></div>]]> 4 0 false Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 13:23:58 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 10:48:42 -0700 2009
Beyond being a biographical story it also portrays very well the image and hum...more...]]> 3578941 224665 35740 0151014779 9780151014774 35 <![CDATA[Peeling the Onion]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35740.Peeling_the_Onion 3.81 178 The Tin Drum was published.

During the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the age of fifteen but was rejected; two years later, in 1944, he was instead drafted into the Waffen-SS. Taken prisoner by American forces as he was recovering from shrapnel wounds, he spent the final weeks of the war in an American POW camp. After the war, Grass resolved to become an artist and moved with his first wife to Paris, where he began to write the novel that would make him famous.

Full of the bravado of youth, the rubble of postwar Germany, the thrill of wild love affairs, and the exhilaration of Paris in the early fifties, Peeling the Onion—which caused great controversy when it was published in Germany—reveals Grass at his most intimate.

</div></div>]]> 4 0 false Thu Nov 29 09:38:53 -0800 2007 Thu Jul 26 11:01:32 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 02:10:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 44291282 1953940 35740 0151014779 9780151014774 35 <![CDATA[Peeling the Onion]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35740.Peeling_the_Onion 3.81 178 The Tin Drum was published.

During the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the age of fifteen but was rejected; two years later, in 1944, he was instead drafted into the Waffen-SS. Taken prisoner by American forces as he was recovering from shrapnel wounds, he spent the final weeks of the war in an American POW camp. After the war, Grass resolved to become an artist and moved with his first wife to Paris, where he began to write the novel that would make him famous.

Full of the bravado of youth, the rubble of postwar Germany, the thrill of wild love affairs, and the exhilaration of Paris in the early fifties, Peeling the Onion—which caused great controversy when it was published in Germany—reveals Grass at his most intimate.

</div></div>]]> 4 0 false Sun Jan 25 10:51:04 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 15:27:27 -0800 2009 2445871 36288 35740 0151014779 9780151014774 35 <![CDATA[Peeling the Onion]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35740.Peeling_the_Onion 3.81 178 The Tin Drum was published.

During the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the age of fifteen but was rejected; two years later, in 1944, he was instead drafted into the Waffen-SS. Taken prisoner by American forces as he was recovering from shrapnel wounds, he spent the final weeks of the war in an American POW camp. After the war, Grass resolved to become an artist and moved with his first wife to Paris, where he began to write the novel that would make him famous.

Full of the bravado of youth, the rubble of postwar Germany, the thrill of wild love affairs, and the exhilaration of Paris in the early fifties, Peeling the Onion—which caused great controversy when it was published in Germany—reveals Grass at his most intimate.

</div></div>]]> 3 0 false Wed Jun 27 09:56:34 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 22:52:51 -0800 2009
On a more serious note, Grass's attempt to distance himself from the child and teenager he was by writing entirely in the third person left me unable to hear and accept his apology...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=35740