by Günter Grass · ALFAGUARA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788420442747
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«Del diario de un caracol» is the novel by Günter Grass published by Alfaguara in hardcover, with 424 pages and text in Spanish.
Narrated as a diary of the electoral campaign Grass carried out in 1969 in favor of Willy Brandt, the book combines political chronicle, autobiography and fiction. The author addresses his four children to talk about democracy and the horrors of the Third Reich, and interweaves the story of Hermann Ott, a teacher nicknamed «Zweifel» (doubt) who supported the Jews of Danzig during their persecution. The snail symbolizes slow, continuous progress, as opposed to extremism.
The edition includes the translation by Miguel Sáenz and belongs to the Literaturas collection from Alfaguara.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and of Günter Grass's work, as well as for those seeking a reflection on memory and democracy.
Günter Wilhelm Grass was a German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature.
