NP: Hundejahre

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Reminds me of Grass’s friend Heinrich Boll whose storyteller in the wonderful  Gruppenbild mit Dame calls himself the Verf.  throughout the novel.

 

(not read in German – I know enough German to know I know not enough German)

 

Michel

 

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Thanks!

 

(Yes, I am reading it in German.)

 

Ray

 

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From: Jochen Stremmel

Date: Mon, Dec 5, 2016 11:14

To: Ray Easton;

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Subject:Re: NP: Hundejahre

 

It's no standard German idiom and no invention of Grass – makes sense a bit later in the novel. You are reading the book in German? "Federführend" you could call somebody who is in charge but here it is also somebody who has a pen in his hand, at least metaphorically.



 

 <tel:2016-12-05%2017> 2016-12-05 17:53 GMT+01:00 Ray Easton < <mailto:raymond.lee.easton at gmail.com> raymond.lee.easton at gmail.com>:

Near the beginning Grass writes: "Der hier die Feder führt..."  Is this a "standard" German idiom for 'the present writer' or is this an invention of Grass.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Ray

 

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