Of All That Ends
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Of All That Ends

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Of All That Ends

About this book

"A final book like no other" from the Nobel Prize–winning author of The Tin Drum: poetry and meditations on writing, aging, and living until the end ( The Irish Times).
 
In spite of the trials of old age, and with the end in sight, Günter Grass weaves his life's reflections together into a witty and elegiac swansong: love letters, soliloquies, jealous musings, social satire, and moments of happiness long to be shared.
 
As the inimitable German fabulist lives his remaining days, his passion for writing spurs in him new life. His final work is a creation filled with wisdom and defiance. In a striking interplay of poetry, lyric prose, and drawings, this diverse assemblage is a moving farewell gift—a sensual, melancholy summation of a life fully lived.
 
"Elegant musings on dying and, most poignantly, living." — Kirkus Reviews
 
"A glorious gift, a final salute true to the singular creativity of the most human, and humane, of artists." — The Irish Times
 
"A thoughtful, uncompromising meditation on death and aging . . . He describes loss, change, and memory with a combination of melancholy and wit." — Publishers Weekly

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Contents
  3. Copyright
  4. Frontispiece
  5. Dedication
  6. Free as a Bird
  7. On Each New Leaf
  8. Sepia au Naturel
  9. In an Endless Line
  10. Swoon
  11. Evening Prayer
  12. Abundance
  13. Snail Mail
  14. My Own Sounds
  15. Soliloquy
  16. With Staying Power
  17. I Lack the Strength
  18. On the Inner Life
  19. Which Came First
  20. Farewell to What Teeth Remain
  21. Over the Abyss
  22. The Last One
  23. Self-Portrait
  24. Standing Singly and in Fairy Rings
  25. Complaints of a Traveler Grown Sedentary
  26. Innards
  27. Once
  28. On Payments
  29. In Frankfurt am Main
  30. Everyday Events
  31. ...
  32. Letters
  33. Libuše My Love
  34. Where His Humor Fled
  35. In the Rollwenzelei Inn
  36. A Late-Night Visit
  37. After Endless Torment
  38. And Then Came Xaver
  39. According to the Weather Report
  40. Still Life
  41. A Lingering Aftertaste
  42. Roasted Almonds
  43. When My Sense of Taste and Smell Deserted Me
  44. Farewell to the Flesh
  45. Stacked Lumber
  46. Xenophobia
  47. How and Where We Will Be Laid to Rest
  48. To Pass the Time
  49. That’s by Me?
  50. Farewell to Franz Witte
  51. Light at the End of the Tunnel
  52. Mutti
  53. Homesickness
  54. When, as Required by Law
  55. These Are Facts
  56. Before It’s Too Late
  57. Covered Losses
  58. ...
  59. About Clouds
  60. Rising to Heavenly Heights
  61. On Writing
  62. Grandpa’s Beloved
  63. Yours and Mine
  64. When the Monster’s Eyes Turn Green
  65. Fear of Loss
  66. Gone   Gone   Gone
  67. In the Greenhouse
  68. March Again
  69. Unteachable
  70. The End
  71. My Boulder
  72. What the Beachcomber Finds
  73. Last Hope
  74. Now
  75. ...
  76. Suggestion for a Souvenir
  77. Twisting a Rope
  78. Painting Portraits
  79. Stared Right Through Me
  80. On the First Sunday
  81. On the Back Pew
  82. Superstition
  83. He Called Three Times
  84. Dear Schnurre
  85. Stolen Goods
  86. Found Objects
  87. In What’s Left of the Altstadt
  88. Dances of Death
  89. Stared Right Through
  90. Tracing Tracks
  91. Hunting Season
  92. Open Season
  93. Summing Things Up
  94. Balancing the Books
  95. August
  96. In This Summer Filled with Hate
  97. Herr Kurbjuhn’s Question
  98. Of All That Ends
  99. Sample Chapter from THE TIN DRUM
  100. Buy the Book
  101. About the Author and Translator
  102. Connect with HMH