内容简介
Inthisextraordinarymemoir,NobelPrizewinningauthorGnterGrassremembershisearlylife,fromhisboyhoodinacrampedtwo-roomapartmentinDanzigthroughthelate1950s,whenTheTinDrumwaspublished.DuringtheSecondWorldWar,Grassvolunteeredforthesubmarinecorpsattheageoffifteenbutwasrejected;twoyearslater,in1944,hewasinsteaddraftedintotheWaffen-SS.TakenprisonerbyAmericanforcesashewasrecoveringfromshrapnelwounds,hespentthefinalweeksofthewarinanAmericanPOWcamp.Afterthewar,GrassresolvedtobecomeanartistandmovedwithhisfirstwifetoParis,wherehebegantowritethenovelthatwouldmakehimfamous.Fullofthebravadoofyouth,therubbleofpostwarGermany,thethrillofwildloveaffairs,andtheexhilarationofParisintheearlyfifties,PeelingtheOnionwhichcausedgreatcontroversywhenitwaspublishedinGermanyrevealsGrassathismostintimate.
作者简介
~BorninDanzig,Germany,in1927,GunterGrassisthewidelyacclaimedauthorofplays,essays,poems,andnumerousnovelsincludingTheTinDrum,MyCentury,Crabwalk,andPeelingtheOnion. HewasawardedtheNobelPrizeforLiteraturein1999.HelivesinLubeck, Germany.MichaelHenryHeimisacontributorforHoughtonMifflinHarcourttitlesincluding:"PeelingtheOnion".~