The flounder
Original title: Der Butt
earliest edition we have, 1977 Luchterhand, 1977 693 pages
Studienausgabe — book 6
Based loosely on Grimm's The Fisherman and his Wife, this triumphant blend of folk tale and contemporary story takes place over the course of nine months, during which the wife of the narrator becomes pregnant and is regaled with tales of the various cooks the fisherman has met throughout his life. The emerging themes of the novel expose the periods when men made history and women's contributions went largely, in som...
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