Buy this book on-line Grass, Gunter (Translated by Krishna Winston) : The Box: Tales From The DarkroomHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, New York City, NY, 2010 ISBN 0547245033
First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 210 pages. Collection of intertwined tales. One of Gunter Grass' finest achievements. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Gunter Grass' "Die Box" in a felicitous English translation. A novel on photography, as only the author can conceive it. "Eight adult children assemble over several months to recall memories of their father, a famous writer, and Marie, a photographer, whose pictures inspired his work. The children, born of several women, recall an emotionally distant father, moving from household to household, with some of the children not learning of their siblings until adulthood. The one constant was Marie and her miraculous box of a camera, an old-fashioned Agfa, that 'knew what had been and what was to be, and what people wish for'. The children, among them a photographer, a nurse, and an actress, now parents themselves, review their parents' turbulent relationships and their father's fame and constant work, and speculate on the magic wrought by Marie. Delivers a fictionalized, engaging, and meandering look at his own life through the eyes of his children" (Vanessa Bush). An absolute "must-have" title for Gunter Grass collectors. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few copies of the First American Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Gunter Grass' "The Tin Drum" is widely regarded to be the greatest German postwar novel of the 20th century. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1999. One of the greatest writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER GUNTER GRASS TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0547245033. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Grass, Gunter (Translated by Krishna Winston) : The Box: Tales From The Darkroom. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including fine bindings, rare books, first editions, libri antichi and livres anciens. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |