The Flounder

It all begins in the Stone Age, when a talking fish is caught by a fisherman at the very spot where millennia later Grass's home town, Danzig, will arise. Like the fish, the fisherman is immortal, and down through the ages they move together. As Grass blends his ingredients into a powerful brew, he shows himself at the peak of his linguistic inventiveness. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

君特·格拉斯，1927年生于但泽，德国当代著名作家，曾多次获得国际文学大奖，1999年更荣获举世瞩目的诺贝尔文学奖。