Günter Grass
Born 16 October 1927 · Died 13 April 2015
From Free City of Danzig · Nationality: Germany, Free City of Danzig · Writes fiction and nonfiction
German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor
Quotes
“Even bad books are books, and therefore sacred.”
Book 1 “We of the long tails! We of the presentient whiskers! We of the perpetually growing teeth! We, the serried footnotes to man, his proliferating commentary. We, indestructible!”
p. 6 “Even if surrounded with explanations, Auschwitz can never be grasped.”
As quoted in The Boys' Crusade 2003 by Paul Fussell, pg xv
Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Books by Günter Grass in order
Books by Günter Grass in the order they were published, from The Tin Drum (1959) to Of All That Ends (2016).
- 1The Tin Drum
The Tin Drum1959 - 2Cat and Mouse
Cat and Mouse1961 - 3Dog Years
Dog Years1963 - 4The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising
The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising1966 - 5Local Anaesthetic
Local Anaesthetic1969 - 6From the Diary of a Snail
From the Diary of a Snail1972 - 7Il tamburo di latta
Il tamburo di latta1974 - 8The Flounder
The Flounder1977 - 9The Meeting at Telgte
The Meeting at Telgte1979 - 10Headbirths
Headbirths1980 - 11Headbirths, or, The Germans Are Dying Out
Headbirths, or, The Germans Are Dying Out1980 - 12The Rat
The Rat1986 - 13The Danzig Trilogy
The Danzig Trilogy1987 - 14Show Your Tongue
Show Your Tongue1988 - 15The Call of the Toad
The Call of the Toad1992 - 16El gato y el ratón
El gato y el ratón1993 - 17Novemberland
Novemberland1993 - 18Flounder, The
Flounder, The1997 - 19My Century
My Century1999 - 20Crabwalk
Crabwalk2002 - 21The Gunter Grass Reader
The Gunter Grass Reader2004 - 22Peeling the Onion
Peeling the Onion2007 - 23Of All That Ends
Of All That Ends2016