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Der Butt 1977

By Günter Grass

  • German fiction, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Translation into English, Cooks

Based loosely on Grimm's The Fisherman and his Wife, this triumphant blend of folk tale and contemporary story takes place over the course of nine months, during which the wife of the narrator becomes pregnant and is regaled with tales of the various cooks the fisherman has met throughout his life.

German fictionContinental european fiction (fictional works by one author)Translation into EnglishCooksFictionFishes

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Prestige, meticulous, contemplative and open-ended.

  • unpretentiousprestige
  • rawmeticulous
  • contemplativerelentless
  • resolvedopen-ended
  • contemporarynostalgic

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