Cat and Mouse
Author: Günter Grass
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780156155519
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe setting is Danzig during World War II. The narrator recalls a boyhood scene in which a black cat pounces on his friend Mahlke's "mouse"-his prominent Adam's apple. This incident sets off a wild series of events that ultimately leads to Mahlke's becoming a national hero. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book