Of all that ends
Title:
Of all that ends
JLCTITLE245:
Günter Grass ; translated by Breon Mitchell.
Personal Author:
Uniform Title:
Vonne Endlichkait. English
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
Physical Description:
167 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780544785380
General Note:
Short essays and poems.
Illustrations by the author.
Abstract:
Grass's final work, a "series of meditations on writing, growing old, and living in the world" -- Dust jacket flap.
"The final work of the Nobel Prize winner Günter Grass--a witty and elegiac series of meditations on writing, growing old, and living in the world. In spite of the trials of old age, and with the end in sight, suddenly everything seems possible again: love letters, soliloquies, scenes of jealousy, swan songs, social satire, and moments of happiness crowd onto the page. Only an aging artist who has once more cheated death can set to work with such wisdom, defiance, and wit. A wealth of touching stories is condensed into artful miniatures. In a striking interplay of poetry, lyric prose, and drawings, the Nobel Prize-winning author creates his final major work of art. A moving farewell gift, a sensual, melancholy summation of a life fully lived"--Jacket.
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Contents:
Free as a bird -- On each new leaf -- Sepia au naturel -- In an endless line -- Swoon -- Evening prayer -- Abundance -- Snail mail -- My own sounds -- Solioquy -- With staying power -- I lack the strength -- On the inner life -- Which came first -- Farewell to what teeth remain -- Over the abyss -- The last one -- Self-portrait -- Standing singly and in fairy rings -- Complaints of a traveler -- Innards -- Once -- On payments -- In Frankfurt am Main -- Everyday events -- Property -- What bird was brooding here? -- Letters -- Libuše my love -- Where his humor fled -- In the Rollwenzelei Inn -- A late-night visit -- After endless torment -- And then came Xaver -- According to the weather report -- Still life -- A lingering aftertaste -- Roasted almonds -- When my sense of taste and smell deserted me -- Farewell to the flesh -- Stacked lumber -- Xenophobia -- How and where we will be laid to rest -- To pass the time -- That's by me? -- Farewell to Franz Witte -- Light at the end of the tunnel -- Mutti -- Homesickness -- When, as required by law -- These are facts -- Before it's too late -- Covered losses -- A winter too mild -- The owl's stare -- About clouds -- Rising to heavenly heights -- On writing -- Grandpa's beloved -- Yours and mine -- When the monster's eyes turn green -- Fear of loss -- Gone gone gone -- In the greenhouse -- March again -- Unteachable -- The end -- My boulder -- What the beachcomber finds -- Last hope -- Now -- So they can converse -- Nail and rope -- Suggestions for a souvenir -- Twisting a rope -- Painting portraits -- Stared right through me -- On the first Sunday -- On the back pew -- Superstition -- He called three times -- Dear Schnurre -- Stolen goods -- Found objects -- In what's left of the Altstadt -- Dances of death -- Stared right through -- Tracing tracks -- Hunting season -- Open season -- Open season -- Summing things up -- Balancing the books -- August -- In this summer filled with hate -- Herr Kurbjuhn's question -- Of all that ends.
Language:
In English, translated from the German.