Paul Bailey

A case of overexposure

The subtitle of The Box, the oddly compelling novella Günter Grass wrote when he reached 80, is ‘Tales from the Darkroom’.

  • the Box

    Gunter Grass, translated by Krishna Winston

    Harvill Secker, pp. 195

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