Peeling the Onion
by Gunter Grass
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Author: Gunter GrassTranslator: Michael Henry Heim
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-06-02
ISBN: 0156035340
Number of pages: 448
Publisher: Mariner Books
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Book Review: A powerful, haunting memoir, if at times distant.
Summary: 4 Stars
While it probably isn't a great idea to choose a memoir by a writer you haven't read to be the first, especially when it's obvious from the start he'll be referencing events in his books relatively often, that's what I did, and I very much enjoyed it. It was strange and almost unsettling to read about Grass's many regrets: Missed opportunities, a journal lost during the war, not being there for his dying mother, people he hasn't been able to find, and the like. Reading about the shame of some of his war and pre-war experiences is downright sad. This memoir was good enough to make me want to read The Tin Drum and some of his other novels, but was at times distant enough to keep me from loving it fully. Having not read his other works I can't say for sure, but this would probably be even more enjoyable to those who have read at least Grass's major novels.
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