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From Germany to Germany : journal of the year, 1990

Uniform Title
Unterwegs von Deutschland nach Deutschland
Title
From Germany to Germany : journal of the year, 1990 / Günter Grass ; translated from the German by Krishna Winston.
ISBN
9780547364605 (hardback)
0547364601 (hardback)
Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Notes
Originally published as: Unterwegs von Deutschland nach Deutschland. Göttingen : Steidl, 2009.
Summary
"In January 1990, just months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Gunter Grass made two New Year's resolutions: the first was to travel extensively in the newly united country and the second was to keep a diary, to record his impressions of a historic time. Grass takes part in public debates, writes for newspapers, makes speeches, and meets emerging politicians. He talks to German citizens on both sides, listening to their bewilderment, their hopes for the future. Ideas for stories to be told take root--his novels The Call of the Toad and Too Far Afield. From Germany to Germany is also a personal record: Grass reflects on his family, remembers his boyhood, and comments on the books he is reading, the drawings he is making, and the sumptous meals he cooks for family and friends. The picture that emerges--not only of the two Germanys struggling for a single identity but of a changed world after the end of the Cold War--is engrossing, passionate and essential for anyone who wants to understand Europe's new leading nation. "-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
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