The Box

Tales from the Darkroom

Günter Grass, Krishna Winston

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Vintage
02 January 2012

Biography; Autobiography: literary

The sequel to Grass's controversial and successful book Peeling the Onion.

In this delightful sequel to Peeling the Onion, G nter Grass writes in the voices of his eight children as they record memories of their childhoods, of growing up, of their father, who was always at work on a new book, always at the margins of their lives. Memories contradictory, critical, loving, accusatory - they piece together an intimate picture of this most public of men.

To say nothing of Marie, Grass's assistant, a family friend of many years, perhaps even a lover, whose snapshots taken with an old-fashioned Agfa box camera provide the author with ideas for his work. But her images offer much more. They reveal a truth beyond the ordinary detail of life, depict the future, tell what might have been, grant the wishes in visual form of those photographed. The children speculate on the nature of this magic- was the enchanted camera a source of inspiration for their father? Did it represent the power of art itself? Was it the eye of God?

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

By: Günter Grass
Translated by: Krishna Winston
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 160g
ISBN: 9780099539759
ISBN 10: 0099539756
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 02 January 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gunter Grass, born in Danzig in 1927, is Germany's most celebrated contemporary writer. He is a creative artist of remarkable versatility: novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, graphic artist. Grass was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1999.

Reviews for The Box: Tales from the Darkroom

With his magical story of Marie's all-seeing camera, he transforms the facts of his headlong but loving life into something far more potent than reportage -- Rosemary Goring * Sunday Herald * A short, often charming book...richly comic -- Roger Boyes * The Times * A work of art -- Allan Massie * Scotsman * Short and beautifully written sequel to Peeling the Onion * Daily Telegraph, Christmas round up *