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Dog Years

by Gunter Grass · 1963

Danziger Trilogie seriesbook 3

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A novel set in three parts, beginning in the 1920s and ending in the 1950s, that follows the lives of two friends from the prewar years in Germany through an apocalyptic period and its startling aftermath. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thiswar and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisWorld War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of this
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dogsdogsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisWorld War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of thisGermanyGermanyMore like thisLess of thisEuropeanEuropeanMore like thisLess of this
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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 576 pages

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