The Call of the Toad [Unkenrufe: Eine Erzählung] - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

Grass, Günter [translated by Ralph Manheim]

ISBN 10: 0151257434 / ISBN 13: 9780151257430

Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1992

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A handsome first US edition/first printing in about Fine condition in alike dustjacket; German art history professor Alexander Reschke and Polish art restorer Alexandra Piatkowska meet on the way to the cemetery in Gdansk Poland and quickly find they have much in common. They found a society to allow people expatriated after World War II to be buried in their native land. Their good intentions are overwhelmingly successful and they find themselves building resorts and gold courses on the would-be burial ground ; Etching; 8vo ; [viii], 248 pages. Seller Inventory # 29471

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Call of the Toad [Unkenrufe: Eine ...

Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York

Publication Date: 1992

Binding: 1/4 Cloth

Illustrator: Illustrated by Günter Grass

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: First Edition; First Printing.

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Synopsis:

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.

Review:

"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)