The living statue : a legend / Günter Grass ; translated from the German by Michael Hofmann.
| Author/creator | Grass, Günter author. |
| Other author | Hofmann, Michael, 1957 August 25- translator. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2024. |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | 57 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Figurenstehen. English |
| Series | New Direction paperbook ; 1612 New Directions paperbook ; 1612. ^A717302 |
| Abstract | "At the end of the 1980s, a writer who very much resembles Günter Grass passes through East Germany on a book tour and visits the Cathedral of Naumburg with its famous twelve donor statues. He invites the sculptor's models to dinner-and they come, not as ghosts, but just as alive as they were in the thirteenth century. Toward the end of dinner, after drinking an icy Coca-Cola, the model for the famed beauty Uta von Naumburg declares she has to go to work: she's a living statue. As he continues touring around Europe, the writer looks for Uta and her donation basket outside every cathedral he passes. At last, in Frankfurt, he sees her in front of a Deutsche Bank and the two have a meeting with staggering consequences. As Grass said, "on paper everything is possible," and in this tale he gleefully erases the line between life and death, present and past"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | "A New Directions paperbook original". |
| Genre/form | Novels. |
| Genre/form | Romans. |
| LCCN | 2024031968 |
| ISBN | 9780811238106 paperback |
| ISBN | 0811238105 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | PT2613 .R338 F5413 2024 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |