Gunter grass book on calcutta

The book is the second great illustrated diary from the east, preceded by. Much like danzig in poland where guenter grass s pathbreaking novel is set in. In 1975, he told filmmaker mrinal sen that calcutta was gods excrementsthis is recorded in the martin kampchenedited book, my broken love. Gunter grass project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. While i have stressed the parts of my broken love where kampuchen features essays on grass in bangladesh, there are many articles in the book on gunter grass in kolkata that will be of interest to. Cat and mouse by grass, gunter and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The moist kiss of a parttime muse on call free as a bird after a stint at the hospital lends the author a.

Apr 15, 2015 gunter grass probably visited calcutta then for first time in 1975, when i was a 2 nd year mbbs student of medical college kolkata from a bellow poverty level family and my father was working hard to form left party at sodepur under banner of cpm with gopaluncle. A record of the authors stay in calcutta from august 1987 to january 1988. But, unfortunately, his text often reads like a memory jog, not very evocative to a reader who wasnt there. May 20, 2014 a stunning book in drawings and words would indeed be the correct description of this book show your tongue by gunter grass. The wrapper is in fine condition and is protected in a removable brodart archival protector. Why do you think that such a minor incident as the black hole of calcutta.

Grass most recently, on writing and politics 19671983. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. I n the summer of 1967, when the west was perhaps for the last time in the clutches of the optimism disease, when the microscopic, invisible bacillus of optimism made its young people believe that they would overcome some day, when unemployment was an irrelevance and the future still existed, and when i was twenty years old, i bought from a bookshop in cambridge a paperback copy of. Gunter grass has 214 books on goodreads with 3003 ratings. World famous german writer gunter grass talks about his controversial masterpiece, the tin drum, on world book club. Kipling called it a city of dreadful night, and a century later v. Grass, who died on april in germany aged 87, was torn in his reactions to calcutta, or kolkata as it is now called. Calcutta is a city with a lot of important historical values. There have also been recent criticisms of a new book on calcutta by gunter grass titled show your tongue. Two years later, his muchawaited book on this sojourn zunge zeiggen show your tongue.

Gunter grass probably visited calcutta then for first time in 1975, when i was a 2 nd year mbbs student of medical college kolkata from a bellow poverty level family and my father was working hard to form left party at sodepur under banner of cpm with gopaluncle. Gunter grass was born in gdansk, poland on october 16, 1927 to a german father and kashubian mother. Kolkata occupied a special place in gunter grass heart, his consciousness and in his works. Grass touches again on the sources of his pure political passion. The tin drum, became the literary spokesman for the german generation that grew up in the nazi era and survived the war. His works are frequently considered to have a leftwing political dimension, and grass was an active supporter of the social democratic party of germany. Gunter grass, who confronted germanys past as well as his. It is a collection of short prose meditations, poems and pencil sketches on objects and ideas as they impinge on the consciousness of the artist as an old man. Exhibition catalogs exhibitions in art exhibitions. Until his death in 2015, nobel laureate gunter grass had a lovehate. Gunter grass, the nobelprizewinning german writer who explored the countrys postwar guilt and in 2006 himself admitted to serving in one of the nazis most notorious military units, died. When the time comes, we will rest on leaves an exclusive extract from the nobel prizewinning authors final work describes how he and his wife imagined their farewell. It was the first book of his danzig trilogy, the other two being cat and mouse and dog years.

Cuomo, professor of german studies 19922017, new college of florida, with whom the translator first began work on this project in 1997. About the book in the popular imagination, calcutta is a packed and pestilential sprawl, made notorious by the black hole and the works of mother teresa. The nobel laureates iconic work and relaunched as a special 50th anniversary edition. Why was grass fascinated by india, especially kolkata. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 567 pages and is available in paperback format. Real audio interview with gunter grass and norman mailer. Only a few days before he died, he was in hamburg accepting the. The kolkata which inspired gunter grass was a place where you. In the book the west german novelist condemns subhas chandra bose, a bengali. The main characters of this fiction, classics story are oskar matzerath. Show your tongue is grass travel diary of that time, a hundred pages of text, a hundred pages of drawings, and a long poem.

In his younger years, grass was a member of hitler youth. After gunter grass won the nobel prize for literature in 1999, the. Apr 14, 2015 gunter grass, the german novelist, social critic and nobel prize winner whom many called his countrys moral conscience but who stunned europe when he revealed in 2006 that he had been a member. Ive got a copy and have read show your tongue, his calcutta book, so the whole gunter grass in india thing was not a suprise. Form, content, and even the very choice of his subject were. The daily life of a sahib that you mention comes from two books in particular. There were germans, kashubians and even scandanavians. Gunter and ute grass visit our home in dhakarashid haider. Gunter grass held up a mirror to kolkata kolkata news. The first thus uk printing published by harvill secker in 2009. The writer remembers gunter grass whose search for truth did not fail to impress. Yes, it has slipped into obscurity again and again. A stunning book in drawings and words would indeed be the correct description of this book show your tongue by gunter grass.

Gunter grass visited calcutta for the first time in 1975. This is the place where the west first truly encountered the east. Outside is college street, on which vendors sell hundreds of books and. Yes, it is social commentary, a travel diary and a. India bars filming of a documentary on calcutta the new. May 21, 1989 in the fall and winter of 198788, gunter grass and his wife, ute, settled in calcutta for the bengalilanguage staging of his 1966 play, the plebeians rehearse the uprising. In 1999, he devoted a short chapter to calcutta in his book mein. Krishna dutta was born and educated in calcutta and has. At that time we just knew him as a german writer who wrote the tin drum. German writer and nobel laureate guenter grass afp photo. This was the period when naxalite movement was being handled brutally by hostile congress government and then hostile. The book fair was started to meet the growing public demand for books, and a relative lack of bookshops. Only a few days before he died, he was in hamburg accepting the ovations of a large crowd in the. The book is dedicated to the calcutta social project, an educational undertaking for the children of the most.

Calcutta robbed me of words, i was mute outlook india magazine. Gunter grass was a german author who won the 1999 nobel prize in literature. But what is less certain is whether both these factors necessarily result in. It was adapted into a 1979 film, which won both the palme dor, in the same year, and the academy award for best foreign language film the following year.

Gunter wilhelm grass was a german novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist. Gunter grass, show your tongue 1989, harcourt brace jovanovich much of the call of the toad, especially the character of chatterjee, was planted in grass head during an almostsixmonth trip to india in the mideighties. The meeting at telgte, 1981 spent six months in calcutta, during 198687, escaping his disgust at german politics, recording his impressions of india in words and drawings. He was injured in the second world war and also kept captive as a prisoner of war from 19441946 after which he worked as a miner and a farm laborer. Apr, 2015 nobel prizewinning author gunter grass, best known for his book the tin drum, has died at age 87 at a hospital in luebeck, germany. Gunter grass and kolkata a four decade of lovehate tale.

The living city, edited by sukanta chaudhuri, my teacher at jadavpur university, and gunter grass s. Zunge zeigen show your tongue chapter 11 gunter grass. From pile of shit, discovery of breathtaking contradictions. The works protagonist, oskar matzerath, narrates the novel from an asylum for the insane.

It may be known to many because of the many tragedies of the past, but this image was revived after a century by v. Playing theatre in calcutta with gunter grass amitava roy. The book was dedicated to the calcutta social project csp, a nongovernmental organisation working for the underprivileged and financially excluded women and children. Free download or read online the tin drum pdf epub book. Grass s tribute to calcutta s unparalleled ability to move and engage. Until his death in 2015, nobel laureate gunter grass had a lovehate relationship with the indian city of calcutta, now kolkata. They stayed predominantly in calcutta kolkata, capital of british india from 1772 to 1912 and todays capital of the state of west bengal, a city that also plays a prominent role in the. In the popular imagination, calcutta is a packed and pestilential sprawl, made notorious by the black hole and the works of mother teresa. But what is less certain is whether both these factors necessarily result in a good book on grasss relationship with india. The book has been signed to the title page by gunter grass.

The tin drum, became the literary spokesman for the german generation that grew. Viking that gunter grass is one of the worlds leading postwar novelists is certain. In the 1980s, he became active in the peace movement and visited calcutta for six months. The spindle doesnt know whom to prick, the little girls hands that her father has chopped off, havent a single tree to catch hold of, the third wish remains unspoken. The book was dedicated to the calcutta social project csp, a non.

Later i heard from some people who expressed their disapproval of him as a nazi, who fought for the germans in world war ii. When hitler came to power he spoke of getting rid of all the different nationalities in the city danzig to make it one city with one culture. Gunter grass second novel is quite different in character from the tin drum. In 1975, in my college days, i saw gunter grass for the first time in my familys living room in calcutta. Its also certain that he has had a sustained and serious relationship with india, especially with the city of calcutta. The first edition of the novel was published in 1959, and was written by gunter grass. It was a bittersweet relationship that he shared with this city, and its residents with him.

A stunning document in grass s own words and drawings. James mackintoshs travels in europe, asia and africa 177181 and the life and times of mrs sherwood, 17751851. Apr, 2015 gunter grass, who has died aged 87, was germanys bestknown postwar novelist, a man of titanic energy and zest who, besides his fictionwriting, enjoyed the cut and thrust of political debate. Z unge zeigen, which was published in the fall of 1988, is the result of grass and his wife utes extended sojourn in india from august 1986 to january 1987. The first time i met gunter grass was at the venice film festival where my film paar 1984 won two awards. I have listed all of them in my book, but i would like to mention two here. Yes, it is social commentary, a travel diary and a bit of morals all packed into one. Apr 14, 2015 gunter grass and kolkata a four decade of lovehate tale updated.

Grass was born in the free city of danzig now gdansk, poland. What you said at first, and that relates to the flounder too, the history of our nourishment. Grasss publisher, steidl, made the announcement, but has. Naipaul, gunter grass and louis malle revived its hellish image. Later, we sat and talked about the film and discussed the characters at the lions bar. Grass is best known for his first novel, the tin drum 1959, a key text in european magic realism. If you decide to tackle the danzig trilogy, reddicks critical analysis is indispensable. The art of cookery is at the tip of a whole range of themes.

The city of joy which was the capital of british indian empire till 1911 also drew many acerbic comments like gunter grass s a bloody great mass that was dropped by god and called calcutta. He described calcutta as a melting pot of cultures. Apr 18, 2015 gunter grass expired on april in his home aged 87 years. He found the whole city to be a large slum, but then threw fuming and indignant kolkatans offtrack by. Exactly years ago, rudyard kipling wrote the above lines quoted about calcutta in his poem a tale of two cities, and many others, up to and including geoffrey moorhouse and gunter grass. The book was dedicated to the calcutta social project csp. The book fair was started on a small scale in 1976 by the kolkata publishers and booksellers guild. Gunter grass held up a mirror to kolkata kolkata news times of. Pdf the tin drum book by gunter grass free download 567. The drawings bleed off the page and have somewhat been reduced in this post. That gunter grass is one of the worlds leading postwar novelists is certain.