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From the diary of a snail
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
From the diary of a snail
AUTHOR:
Grass, Günter, 1927-2015.
Manheim, Ralph.
ISBN:
9780749394554
UNIFORM_TITLE:
Aus dem Tagebuch einer Schnecke. English
PUBLICATION_INFO:
London : Vintage, 2000.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
310 p. ; 20 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Translated from: Aus dem Tagebuch einer Schnecke.
ABSTRACT:
This autobiographical novel balances the agonising history of the persecuted Danzig Jews with an account of the author's political campaigning with Willie Brandt. The central symbol of the book is the snail - a model and a parody of social progress and a metaphor for political reform.
CORPORATE_SUBJECT:
GEOGRAPHIC_TERM:
SUBJECT:
German fiction. |
Twentieth century. |
Translations into English. |
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1945-1990 -- Fiction. |
Germany (West). Bundestag -- Elections, 1969 -- Fiction. |
BIBSUMMARY:
This autobiographical novel balances the agonising history of the persecuted Danzig Jews with an account of the author's political campaigning with Willie Brandt. The central symbol of the book is the snail - a model and a parody of social progress and a metaphor for political reform.