Gunter Grass is a well known German writer, poet, sculptor and illustrator.
He widely regarded as Germany's most famous living writer.
In 1999 Grass received the highest literature award: The Nobel Prize in Literature.
The most famous writing is The Tin Drum - Grass's first novel.
The protagonist of this novel refused to grow, and only continue it after the World War II ends.
It was evaluated as a symbol of the nation's guilty.
In his first novel writer reflects about his personal and collective guilty for supporting Nazi.
The latest - memoirs novel Peeling the Onion called scandalous reaction because of describing the fact Grass served in Waffen-SS as a volunteer.
Peeling the Onion describes a period of time from 1939 when the World War II had began to 1959 when The Tin Drum was published.
The story describes young person who lives, like the others, in the military paradigm.
He believed in Nazi propaganda, and thinks nothing, except thoughts about himself.
When Gunter was 16 he decided to go to the fleet as a volunteer.
It was a way to escape from his tiny parent's flat and realize his youth ideals.
Аt the end of 1944 he was called to the Waffen-SS.
Then it was american captivity, life as a refugee with his three hungries: food, sex and creativity.
The second part of the book describes his creativity formation as a sculptor and writer, his relationships with women and his aging parents.
To be truth, I haven't got much satisfaction reading the novel.
The story is not perceived as an organic whole.
There are seams between different parts, the story looks like patchwork quilt.
Other issue, there are some parts I have read with interest, but mostly, it is too personal story of evolution writer's views, personality and the creative way.
Perhaps it would be better if you had known the author and his creativity before reading the novel. 6,5 from 10
October 2014
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