Cat and Mouse
by Günter Grass
Taste attributes: historicaldramawarteenunsavouryheavyrealisticemotive & stirringcoming of agehuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeA weighty, dark historical novel: moving and grounded. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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2.5 / 5
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About This Book
The second book in the "Danzig trilogy," the followup to The tin drum. A novella focusing on adolescent boys in Danzig (now Gdansk) from 1939 to 1944, during the German occupation of Poland.
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- Author
- Günter Grass
- Published
- 1961
- Pages
- 178
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- Open Library
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