The flounder
By: Günter Grass ; translated by Ralph Manheim.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Published: 1978
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 547
Description: Based loosely on Grimm's The Fisherman and his Wife, this triumphant blend of folk tale and contemporary story takes place over the course of nine months, during which the wife of the narrator becomes pregnant and is regaled with tales of the various cooks the fisherman has met throughout his life. The emerging themes of the novel expose the periods when men made history and women's contributions went largely, in some cases gravely, unrecognized. Inventive, imaginitive and irreverent, this humorous, fundamentally brilliant novel highlights the value of modern-day myth and timeless legend.
Notes: "A Helen and Kurt Wolff book."
Translation of Der Butt.