A handsome first US edition/first printing in unread Fine condition with trivial soiling to top edge in alike unclipped dust jacket; One of Germany's most prolific and contemporary authors takes the art of humorous irony to new extremes in his provoking novel about capitalism, chicanery, and post WWII Poland. ; Ink drawings; 8vo; [i-viii], 248 pages. Seller Inventory # 60008

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Title: The Call of the Toad - 1st US Edition / 1st ...

Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers [1992], New York, San Diego, London

Publication Date: 1992

Binding: 1/4 Cloth

Illustrator: Illustrated by G�nter Grass

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st US Edition; First Printing.

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A German art historian and a Polish art restorer meet in Gdan+a7sk and go into business together returning the remains of Germans exiled after the war to Danzig. By the author of Two States--One Nation. 15,000 first printing.

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"At once a satire of post-1989 politics and a love story, it shows two sides of the author: firebrand and mellowed, humane observer... The Call of The Toad shows Grass as one of our greatest living storytellers" (Financial Times)

"Mr Grass has a more lyrical, a more glorious sense of locality than any other novelist today" (New York Times)

"With The Call of the Toad, Grass brings the fable landscape of the Europe of his lifetime up to date" (Financial Times)

"A funny, wise, hugely enjoyable fantasy" (Financial Times)

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