num_pages: 547
description: It all begins in the Stone Age, when a talking fish is caught by a fisherman at the very spot where millennia later Grass's home town, Danzig, will arise. Like the fish, the fisherman is immortal, and down through the ages they move together. As Grass blends his ingredients into a powerful brew, he shows himself at the peak of his linguistic inventiveness. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
language: English
title: The Flounder
titlecomplete: The Flounder
genres: Fiction, German Literature, Literature, Classics, Nobel Prize, Novels, Germany, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 1641
awards: awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Schlegel-Tieck Prize
category: Ralph Manheim
publisher: Mariner