{"product_id":"peeling-the-onion-paperback","title":"Peeling the Onion - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGünter Grass\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this extraordinary memoir, Nobel Prize-winning author Günter Grass remembers his early life, from his boyhood in a cramped two-room apartment in Danzig through the late 1950s, when \u003cem\u003eThe Tin Drum \u003c\/em\u003ewas published. \u003c\/p\u003eDuring the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the age of fifteen but was rejected; two years later, in 1944, he was instead drafted into the Waffen-SS. Taken prisoner by American forces as he was recovering from shrapnel wounds, he spent the final weeks of the war in an American POW camp. After the war, Grass resolved to become an artist and moved with his first wife to Paris, where he began to write the novel that would make him famous. Full of the bravado of youth, the rubble of postwar Germany, the thrill of wild love affairs, and the exhilaration of Paris in the early fifties, \u003cem\u003ePeeling the Onion--\u003c\/em\u003ewhich caused great controversy when it was published in Germany--reveals Grass at his most intimate.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrass has written a memoir of rare literary beauty . . . \u003ci\u003ePeeling the Onion, \u003c\/i\u003elike Grass s best novels, is filled with striking poetic imagery. \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this extraordinary memoir, Nobel Prize winning author Gunter Grass remembers his early life, from his boyhood in a cramped two-room apartment in Danzig through the late 1950s, when \u003ci\u003eThe Tin Drum \u003c\/i\u003ewas published. During the Second World War, Grass was drafted into the Waffen-SS at age seventeen. Wounded by shrapnel, he was taken prisoner by American forces and spent the final weeks of the war in an American POW camp. After the war, Grass resolved to become an artist and moved with his first wife to Paris, where he began to write the novel that would make him famous. Full of the bravado of youth, the rubble of postwar Germany, the thrill of wild love affairs, and the exhilaration of Paris in the early fifties, \u003ci\u003ePeeling the Onion \u003c\/i\u003ereveals Grass at his most intimate.\"A fascinating, multilayered memoir . . . \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeeling the Onion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is well worth delving into.\" --\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeeling the Onion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is more than the stories of a soldier--it is a beautiful account of the ebbings of deprivations and the flowing of relief, both physical and metaphysical.\" --\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGunter Grass was born in Danzig, Germany, in 1927 andis the widely acclaimed author of plays, essays, poems, and numerous novels. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1999. He lives in Germany.\"\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177873621241,"sku":"9780156035347","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/L3lOV2xJOGw2bVgxdk5RQUl1ekhpQT09.webp?v=1767715508","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/peeling-the-onion-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}