The Rat (1986)

by Günter Grass (Author)

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De nadrukkelijk in het boek aanwezige schrijver droomt over wat er gebeurt na de Grote Knal waarmee de mens zichzelf vernietigt. De ratten lijken dan bijna als enige dieren te zijn overgebleven. Totdat er uit laboratoriumproeven ontstane creaturen te voorschijn komen en uiteindelijk lijkt de maatschappij die dan ontstaat veel op die van de mensen.
Een roman waarin zure regen, de dreiging van de atoombom en de kritiek op de Duitse deling en de onoprechtheid van de beide Duitse leiders (net als de schilder Malskat maken zij vervalsingen) samen een nachtmerrie worden voor de schrijver. De bot en Oskar Mazerath (De Blikken Trommel) treden in dit boek ook op.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Grass, Günter	Author	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Manheim, Ralph	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Die Rättin

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Die Rättin

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1986

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Oskar Matzerath

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A female rat engages the narrator in a series of dialogues-convincingly demonstrating to him that the rats will inherit a devastated earth. Dreams alternate with reality in this story within a story within a story. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

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