Description: Hailed by critics and readers alike as Gunter Grass's best book since "The Tin Drum, Crabwalk" is an engrossing account of the sinking of the "Wilhelm Gustloff" and a critical meditation on Germany's struggle with its wartime memories.
Brief description:
GÜNTER GRASS (1927-2015), Germany's most celebrated contemporary writer, attained worldwide renown with the publication of his novel The Tin Drum in 1959. A man of remarkable versatility, Grass was a poet, playwright, social critic, graphic artist, and novelist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1999.
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PRAISE FOR CRABWALK
"In a mere 216 pages, German author Günter Grass has delivered a blockbuster novel, shed a reputation for resting on 40-year-old laurels, reconciled left and right factions long at odds over the Nazi past and exposed a World War II tragedy virtually buried for half a century."--Los Angeles Times
"Grass's blockbuster ... refocuses attention on his nation's Nazi past and exposes a World War II tragedy buried for half a century."--New York Post
"By far the best Grass book in years."--Die Welt (Germany)
"The images of the sinking ship are more thrilling and astounding than the Titanic."--Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten (Germany)