Harvill Secker, London, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. Dark red coloured end pages. Silver coloured boards with black coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. A sequel to Peeling the Onion. In this work the author uses the voices of his eight children as they record the memories of their childhood and of their father Â– " ... always at work on a new book, always at the margins of their lives. Memories contradictory, critical, loving, accusatory Â– they piece together and intimate edge of this most public of men." Â– from the front fold over panel blurb. Translated from the German by Krishna Winston. Minor rubbing of the book corners. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with a couple of small stains to the front panel. Sunning of the back strip and there is patchy sunning to the panels. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. [11], 2 - 194, [3] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 1846553075. ISBN/EAN: 9781846553073. Inventory No: 0287382. . 9781846553073

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“Once upon a time there was a father who, because he had grown old, called together his sons and daughters—four, five, six, eight in number—and finally convinced them, after long hesitation, to do as he wished. Now they are sitting around a table and begin to talk . . .” In an audacious literary experiment, Günter Grass writes in the voices of his eight children as they record memories of their childhoods, of growing up, of their father, who was always at work on a new book, always at the margins of their lives. Memories contradictory, critical, loving, accusatory—they piece together an intimate picture of this most public of men. To say nothing of Marie, Grass’s assistant, a family friend of many years, perhaps even a lover, whose snapshots taken with an old-fashioned Agfa box camera provide the author with ideas for his work. But her images offer much more. They reveal a truth beyond the ordinary detail of life, depict the future, tell what might have been, grant the wishes in visual form of those photographed. The children speculate on the nature of this magic: was the enchanted camera a source of inspiration for their father? Did it represent the power of art itself? Was it the eye of God? Recalling J. M. Coetzee’s Summertime and Umberto Eco’s The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, The Box is an inspired and daring work of fiction. In its candor, wit, and earthiness, it is Grass at his best.

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0287382
Title: The Box: Tales from the Darkroom
Author: Grass, Gunter
Format/Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1846553075
ISBN 13: 9781846553073
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2010
Keywords: BZDB2 German, Translated, Autobiography, children, Biography & Autobiography; Unbranded ISBN: 1846553075 EAN: 9781846553073 Grass, Gunter The Box: Tales from the Darkroom

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