Too far afield
By: Günter Grass ; translated from the German by Krishna Winston
Contributors: Winston, Krishna
Edition: 1st U.S. ed
Publisher: Harcourt
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 658
Subjects: Older men -- Germany -- Berlin -- Fiction; Berlin (Germany) -- History -- 1990- -- Fiction; Germany -- History -- Unification, 1990 -- Fiction; Germany (East) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Work titles: Weites Feld.
Description: "Two old men roam through Berlin observing life in the former German Democratic Republic after the fall of the Wall in 1989. They are Theo Wuttke, a former East German cultural functionary, keen observer, and gifted speaker; and Ludwig Hoftaller, a mid-level spy who can serve the Prussian police, or the Gestapo, or the East German Stasi with equal dedication.".

"Both men are employed by the Treuhand - the agency in charge of privatizing former East German state enterprises - which occupies the building in Berlin that was once the headquarters of Goering's Air Ministry. Wuttke, in his capacity as file courier, desperately tries to save the old-fashion elevator, which has carried the famous and powerful up - and down again.

And he comforts the disheartened head of the agency, who seeks relief from the burdens of office by roller skating around the corridors at night."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "A Helen and Kurt Wolff book."