Cat And Mouse

Author/Contributor(s):	Grass, Günter
Publisher:	HarperVia
Date:	10/31/1991
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

The setting is Danzig during World War II. The narrator recalls a boyhood scene in which a black cat pounces on his friend Mahlke’s “mouse”-his prominent Adam’s apple. This incident sets off a wild series of events that ultimately leads to Mahlke’s becoming a national hero. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book