Too Far Afield (Paperback, Main)

Through The Tin Drum, My Century and other works, Grass has chronicled the vicissitudes of German history in his distinctive style that combines humour, pathos and fantasy, always in an intelligent and highly readable brew. Now he brings the story close to the present day: this novel opens after the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989 and through the experiences of two men who have lived through and seen much of the German 20th century, charts the course of unification and its implications at home and abroad. Ambitious and entertaining. (Kirkus UK)

Two old men roam through Berlin stopping to eat hamburgers at Macdonald's, observing life in the former German Democratic Republic after the fall of the wall in 1989: Theo Wuttke, former East German cultural functionary and Ludwig Hoftaller - Wuttke's shadow - a mid-level spy who can serve the Gestapo or the Stasi with equal dedication. Grass writes with the wit, fantasy, literary erudition and political acerbity for which he is celebrated. This novel will stand as perhaps the most complex and challenging exploration of what Germany's reunification will eventually come to mean.

General

Imprint:	Faber and Faber
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2001
Authors:	Gunter Grass
Dimensions:	198 x 126 x 7mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	672
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-20664-3
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-571-20664-6
Barcode:	9780571206643

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