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The Flounder (Paperback)

by Gunter Grass (Author), Ralph Manheim (Translator)
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  • Paperback: 558 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage; New edition edition (21 Jul 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0749394854
  • ISBN-13: 978-0749394851
  • Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.4 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 149,466 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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First published in 1977, this novel is based on the fairy story "The Fisherman and his Wife". Multi-layered and laced with poetry and humour, it analyzes the battle of the sexes.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Talking fish,the Baltic in the Stone Age,and a revolutionary feminist tribunal-just another Grass novel., 18 Jul 2007
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It's a sprawling story,loosely divided into 9 parts,each one marking a month of the narrator's wife's pregnancy,and also the lives of nine women who lived in the Danzig/Gdansk area,starting from the end of the Ice Ages.
Into this,Grass also adds a talking fish,The Flounder,who has observed life on the Baltic coast for this time,and has advised and criticised both men and women over this age.The flounder is of ccourse the fish from the fairy story"The Fisherman's Wife".
The novel evolves into a very funny and well-written account of the relationship between men and women over the ages,from Stone Age matriarchy to a feminist tribunal judging the Flounder in 1970s West Berlin.Add in some poetry,a side-trip to India and making a TV documentary about restoring Baltic architecture(amongst other things)and you have one of Grass's best novels.Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Grass has never grown greener., 22 May 2001
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As Milton Schtoigl the great beat poet once said ' A foreign aspect; a new way of viewing home', this is the joy of The Flounder. Originally written in German, this delightfully witty and incredibly inventive book vaults over the translation barrier with gay abandon. Experience a foreign aspect on food, fairy tales and friendship. Experience The Flounder.
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5.0 out of 5 stars My Favourite Book, 5 Oct 1999
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Fantastic Book. Magical descriptions of food throughout interwoven with insight into history and the relationships between men and women.

and very funny too.

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