Ein weites Feld
novel by Grass
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- In Günter Grass: Other novels and fictional works
In 1995 Grass published Ein weites Feld (Too Far Afield), an ambitious novel treating Germany’s reunification in 1990. The work was vehemently attacked by German critics, who denounced Grass’s portrayal of reunification as “misconstrued” and “unreadable.” Grass, whose leftist political views were often not well received, was outspoken in…
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