Cette trilogie plonge dans les profondeurs de la mémoire, retraçant la formation de l'identité d'un individu de l'enfance à la jeune âge adulte. L'auteur reconstruit des moments de vie cruciaux avec honnêteté et une riche imagination, englobant les expériences de guerre et les débuts artistiques. C'est une confession intime sur la recherche de soi, l'amour et l'art, qui touche les lecteurs par son humanité et son humour.
Peeling the Onion is a searingly honest account of Grass' modest upbringing in Danzig, his time as a boy soldier fighting the Russians, and the writing of his masterpiece, The Tin Drum, in Paris. It is a remarkable autobiography and, without question, one of Gunter Grass' finest works. By the Nobel Prize- winning author of The Tin Drum.
As the Berlin Wall crumbled and the two Germanys became one, Grass was one of a few who spoke out against reunification. In this collection of speeches and debates on the factors destined to reshape Europe, he is caustic, indignant, reflective, and compelling. Translated by Krishna Winston with A. S. Wensinger. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book