Katt Och Råtta by Günter Grass
A former schoolmate-narrator recalls the story of Joachim Mahlke, an awkward but magnetic boy in wartime Danzig marked by an unusually large Adam’s apple; Mahlke wins brief admiration for diving to recover a heavy naval anchor, then becomes increasingly isolated as jealousy, childish cruelties and the pressures of military training close in, culminating in his disappearance and probable death in the harbor. The narrator confronts his own complicity and the moral cowardice of their generation, turning a coming-of-age tale into a haunting meditation on guilt, masculinity and the corrosive effects of war.
- Published
- 1961
- Nationality
- German
- Length
- Unknown
- Pages
- 96 pages
- Original Language
- German
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- Alternate Titles
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- Cat and Mouse
- Die Katze und die Maus
- Katt och råtta
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