Stephen Spender's review of this novel suggests that it is a thematic adaptation of Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes.
Stephen Spender's review of this novel suggests that it is a thematic adaptation of Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes. This novel's narrator is in love with a woman who, in a later novel, receives love letters from her cousin Harry Liebenau. This novel's narrator says that its main character looks like Christ the Redeemer, and often uses the adjective (*) "great" to refer to him. The main character of this novel is obsessed with the Virgin Mary, but doesn't care about Jesus. The main character of this novel wears a screwdriver around his neck, which he uses to salvage items from a shipwrecked minesweeper. Its narrator, Pilenz, is best friends with Joachim Mahlke. For 10 points, name this second novel in Günter Grass's Danzig Trilogy.
Stephen Spender's review of this novel suggests that it is a thematic adaptation of Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes.
Cat and Mouse [or: Katz und Maus]