A major new work from Germany's greatest modern writer, this wildly imaginative yet superbly told novel revives some of Grass's most famous characters from his novels The Tin Drum, Headbirths, and The Flounder, as it tells the story of a female rat who engages the narrator in a series of dialogues convincingly demonstrating that the rats will inherit a devastated earth.
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A major new work from Germany's greatest modern writer, this wildly imaginative yet superbly told novel revives some of Grass's most famous characters from his novels The Tin Drum, Headbirths, and The Flounder, as it tells the story of a female rat who engages the narrator in a series of dialogues convincingly demonstrating that the rats will inherit a devastated earth.
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Add this copy of The Rat (English and German Edition) to cart. $2.27, fair condition, Sold by Once Upon A Time Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tontitown, AR, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
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Add this copy of The Rat (English and German Edition) to cart. $2.29, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brownstown, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
Add this copy of The Rat (English and German Edition) to cart. $2.29, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
Add this copy of The Rat (English and German Edition) to cart. $2.29, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brownstown, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
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Good in very good dust jacket. First Edition. First edition. Minor wear on the covers, corners, and the edges. May contain some writing and or highlighting within the pages and the covers. Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.
There is almost too much going on in the story. Grass' creativity is astounding, with the she-rat and the space ship, but portions of the plot with Grimm fairytale characters are somewhat annoying. Oskar turns up, along with others. It's difficult to imagine someone staying with this book long enough to meet him if they hadn't already read Tin Drum. Here, Grass has taken the post-modernist position of the teller and chats away. The books in which he shined weren't chatty at all. The sections of the "plot" don't meld together as they do in, say, the Flounder. Some books bring tears when they are finished. One simply doesn't want it to end. I managed to finish the Rat, but just put it back on the shelf. It was nice to see Oskar and his grandmother, though, with all those skirts..
