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An immortal fisherman catches an immortal talking fish in the Stone Age, and they live eternally until modern times in Germany, bound by the man's insatiable pregnant wife and entanglements with various female cooks. The narrating fisherman uses his predicament to comment on gender and nutrition in society, as well as gloat over the fish's second capture and subsequent trial by women for his historical role in subjugating women
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The Flounder, Günter Grass
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- Released
- 1989
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- Title
- The Flounder
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Günter Grass
- Publisher
- Harvest Books
- Released
- 1989
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 560
- ISBN10
- 0156319357
- ISBN13
- 9780156319355
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Classics, German Literature, Germany, Food, Feminism, Berlin, Pregnancy, Nobel prize, Fish, Gdańsk
- First published
- 1977
- Original title
- Der Butt
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- An immortal fisherman catches an immortal talking fish in the Stone Age, and they live eternally until modern times in Germany, bound by the man's insatiable pregnant wife and entanglements with various female cooks. The narrating fisherman uses his predicament to comment on gender and nutrition in society, as well as gloat over the fish's second capture and subsequent trial by women for his historical role in subjugating women