My Century
A Germany, German Literature, Nobel Prize book. And when the sun goes down and the mood comes upon...
In a work of great originality, Germany's most eminent writer examines the victories and terrors of the twentieth century, a period of astounding change for mankind. Great events and seemingly trivial occurrences, technical developments and scientific achievements, war and disasters, and new beginnings, all unfold to display our century in its glory and grimness. A rich and lively display of Grass's extraordinary imagination,...
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- Pages: 288 pages
- ISBN: 9780156011419 / 156011417
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And when the sun goes down and the mood comes upon me, I'll watch the play of the colors on the water, yield to the fleetly dissolving images, and turn into pure feeling, all soft and nice.... Gnter Grass, My Century //
Some of my favourite books are almost impossible to review.Dante's The Divine Comedy, Goethe's Faust, and other classics: what can I possibly add to the long run of sentences they have inspired since their publication? And yet, they mean so much to me, I share the urge to write about my relationship to them. Other favourites, and almost... A brilliant idea I wish we could commission writers in other countries to do before much of the feel of the 20th Century disappears, yet it comes off as slightly less than the sum of its parts. I have a good grasp of German history and studied there a bit some years ago, but was helpless in the face of many of his references. The density... I'm not sure what I'm supposed to think about this book. It sure wasn't what I expected - a collection of short stories, all taking place in one year of the last century and describing something fitting that time - but rather an odd combination of memoir-like texts, none of which makes any sense on its own. But I have to say that even...
