A female rat engages the narrator in a series of dialogues--convincingly demonstrating to him that the rats will inherit a devastated earth. Dreams alternate with reality in this story within a story within a story. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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A female rat engages the narrator in a series of dialogues--convincingly demonstrating to him that the rats will inherit a devastated earth. Dreams alternate with reality in this story within a story within a story. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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There is almost too much going on in the story. Grass' creativity is astounding, with the she-rat and the space ship, but portions of the plot with Grimm fairytale characters are somewhat annoying. Oskar turns up, along with others. It's difficult to imagine someone staying with this book long enough to meet him if they hadn't already read Tin Drum. Here, Grass has taken the post-modernist position of the teller and chats away. The books in which he shined weren't chatty at all. The sections of the "plot" don't meld together as they do in, say, the Flounder. Some books bring tears when they are finished. One simply doesn't want it to end. I managed to finish the Rat, but just put it back on the shelf. It was nice to see Oskar and his grandmother, though, with all those skirts..
