My Century (Paperback, Main)

Author of the magnificent The Tin Drum, winner of this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, Grass has shown the justice of the Swedish decision in producing My Century. It's an unusual book, a form of docu-fiction, with various voices, including his own, telling a tale about a single year of the 20th century. It displays all its author's political energy, and his presence at many of the important events. But the best passages are often those which are invented: the stories of the inventors of the German spiked helmet and the steel helmet, for instance. There are fine evocations of World War II, the issues of divided Germany and the process of reunification (on which Grass had unusual views, here explained). The book illustrates the invention of the novelist, the power of the satirist, and the power of the historian. Of course it helps to know a little of German history, literature and politics. But this is one of the finest books on the events, the shames and the moral horrors of the century I have read. Reviewed by Malcolm Bradbury (Kirkus UK)

A collection of one hundred inter-linked stories celebrating the twentieth century, by Germany's most eminent contemporary writer. As the sequence of stories unfolds, a lively and rich picture emerges, an historical portrait of our century in all its grandeur and in all its horror.

General

Imprint:	Faber and Faber
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2000
Authors:	Gunter Grass
Dimensions:	195 x 125 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	288
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-20312-3
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-571-20312-4
Barcode:	9780571203123

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