num_pages: 192
description: The setting is Danzig during World War II. The narrator recalls a boyhood scene in which a black cat pounces on his friend Mahlke’s “mouse”-his prominent Adam’s apple. This incident sets off a wild series of events that ultimately leads to Mahlke’s becoming a national hero. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
language: English
title: Cat and Mouse
titlecomplete: Cat and Mouse
characters: Joachim Mahlke, Oskar Matzerath
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, German Literature, Nobel Prize, Germany, War, Historical Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 6505
places: Gdańsk
series: Die Danziger Trilogie
publisher: Harcourt, Inc.