A new translation of the landmark novel, with a new foreword by the author. Translated by Breon Mitchell. "Mitchell"s excellent translation reveals the novel as a timeless masterpiece." "The Times" Gunter Grass, born in Danzig in 1927, is Germany"s most celebrated contemporary writer. He is a creative artist of remarkable versatility: novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, graphic artist. Grass was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1999. Breon Mitchell"s translations include works by Franz Kafka, Heinrich Boll, and many others. He is the recipient of several awards for literary translation, he is Professor of Germanic Literature at Indiana University, and Director of the Lilly Library.