Crabwalk - Gunter Grass

Written by Gunter Grass
Read by George Guidall
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc., 2003
Runtime: 6.73

Translator: Krishna Winston

In this novel Grass examines a subject that has long been taboo - the sufferings of the Germans during World War II. He explores the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff, the deadliest maritime disaster of all time, and the repercussions upon three generations of a German family.

A German cruise ship turned refugee carrier, a Soviet submarine attacked it in January 1945. Some 9,000 people went down in the Baltic Sea, making it the deadliest maritime disaster of all time.

Born to an unwed mother on a lifeboat the night of the attack, Paul Pokriefke is a middle-aged journalist trying to piece together the tragic events. While his mother sees her whole existence in terms of that calamitous moment, Paul wishes their life could have been less touched by the past. For his teenage son, who dabbles in the dark, far-right corners of the Internet, the Gustloff embodies the denial of Germany’s wartime suffering.

“Scuttling backward to move forward,” Crabwalk is at once a captivating tale of a tragedy at sea and a fearless examination of the ways different generations of Germans now views their past.

“…George Guidall, who superbly narrated the Nobel-winning author’s classic TIN DRUM, does journeyman’s duty here with a rapid staccato style that gives one a vivid sense of the protagonist’s discomfort over his nation’s past and his family.”— AudioFile

Gunter Grass is a winner of the Nobel Prize.

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