num_pages: 144
description: Harm and Dörte Peters, the quintessential couple, are on vacation in Asia. But wherever they are, they can't get away from the political upheaval back home. With irony and wit, Grass takes aim at capitalism, communism, religion-even reproduction; nothing escapes unscathed. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
language: English
title: Headbirths: or The Germans are Dying Out
titlecomplete: Headbirths: or The Germans are Dying Out
characters: Franz Josef Strauss
genres: Philosophy, Nobel Prize, Novels, German Literature, Germany, 20th Century, Literature, Contemporary, Fiction
ratings_count: 311
places: Germany
publisher: HarperVia