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My Century

内容简介

Inaworkofgreatoriginality,Germany'smosteminentwriterexaminesthevictoriesandterrorsofthetwentiethcentury,aperiodofastoundingchangeformankind.Greateventsandseeminglytrivialoccurrences,technicaldevelopmentsandscientificachievements,waranddisasters,andnewbeginnings,allunfoldtodisplayourcenturyinitsgloryandgrimness.ArichandlivelydisplayofGrass'sextraordinaryimagination,the100interlinkedstoriesinthisvolume-oneforeachyearfrom1900to1999-presentahistoricalandsocialportraitforthemillennium,ataleofourtimesinallitsgrandeurandallitshorror.

作者简介

BornonOctober16,1927inGdansk,Poland,GünterGrasswasamemberoftheHitlerYouthinthe1930s.Attheageof16,hewasdraftedintotheGermanmilitary,waswounded,andbecameaprisonerofwarin1945.Hisfirstnovel,TheTinDrum(1959),selectedbytheFrenchasthebestforeignlanguagebookof1962,isthestoryofOscarMatzerath,aboywhorefusestogrowupasaprotesttothecrueltyofGermansocietyduringthewar.ItisthefirstpartofhisDanzigtrilogy,followedbyCatandMouse(1961)andDogYears(1963),andwasmadeintoamoviebydirectorVolkerSchlondorff,winningtheAcademyAwardforBestForeignFilmin1979.HisotherworksincludeLocalAnaesthetic,TheFlounder,Crabwalk,andPeelingtheOnion.Hehasbeenhonoredmanytimes,includingadistinguishedservicemedalfromtheFederalRepublicofGermanyin1980whichherefusedtoaccept.HereceivedtheNobelPrizeforLiteraturein1999.君特·格拉斯(GünterGrass,1927~)德意志联邦共和国作家。格拉斯的创作活动从诗歌开始,自1956年起发表3部诗集《风信鸡之优点》、《三角轨道》等,同时创作了荒诞剧《洪水》(1957)、《叔叔、叔叔》(1958)、《恶厨师》(1961)等。其中反响较大的是关于1953年柏林事件的《平民试验起义》(1966)。他最主要的成就是小说。1959年问世的长篇小说《铁皮鼓》使他获得世界声誉。此外还有《猫与鼠》(1961)、《非常岁月》(1963,亦译《狗年月》),合称为《但泽三部曲》,成为一幅描绘德国社会生活的画卷。《蟹行》是格拉斯1999年获得诺贝尔文学奖之后推出的新作,一面世就好评如潮,连续数月占据各大畅销书排行榜榜首,两周内售出25万册。1999年他成为成为20世纪最后一位诺贝尔文学奖获得者。

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