Cat and Mouse

Description

The setting is Danzig during World War II. The narrator recalls a boyhood scene in which a black cat pounces on his friend Mahlke’s “mouse”-his prominent Adam’s apple. This incident sets off a wild series of events that ultimately leads to Mahlke’s becoming a national hero. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Günter Grass
Published: 10/31/1991
Publisher: Harpervia
ISBN: 9780156155519
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 0.60″ H x 7.90″ L x 5.20″ W

About the Author
Grass, Günter: – GÜNTER GRASS (1927-2015), Germany’s most celebrated contemporary writer, attained worldwide renown with the publication of his novel The Tin Drum in 1959. A man of remarkable versatility, Grass was a poet, playwright, social critic, graphic artist, and novelist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1999.