{"product_id":"crabwalk-9780156029704","title":"Crabwalk","description":"\u003cp\u003eGünter Grass has been wrestling with Germany's past for decades now, but no book since \u003ci\u003eThe Tin Drum\u003c\/i\u003e has generated as much excitement as this engrossing account of the sinking of the \u003ci\u003eWilhelm Gustloff\u003c\/i\u003e. A German cruise ship turned refugee carrier, it was attacked by a Soviet submarine in January 1945. Some 9,000 people went down in the Baltic Sea, making it the deadliest maritime disaster of all time. \u003cbr\u003eBorn to an unwed mother on a lifeboat the night of the attack, Paul Pokriefke is a middle-aged journalist trying to piece together the tragic events. While his mother sees her whole existence in terms of that calamitous moment, Paul wishes their life could have been less touched by the past. For his teenage son, who dabbles in the dark, far-right corners of the Internet, the \u003ci\u003eGustloff\u003c\/i\u003e embodies the denial of Germany's wartime suffering. \u003cbr\u003e\"Scuttling backward to move forward,\" \u003ci\u003eCrabwalk\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a captivating tale of a tragedy at sea and a fearless examination of the ways different generations of Germans now view their past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the Nobel Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrass, Günter:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - GÜNTER GRASS (1927-2015), Germany's most celebrated contemporary writer, attained worldwide renown with the publication of his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Tin Drum\u003c\/i\u003e in 1959. A man of remarkable versatility, Grass was a poet, playwright, social critic, graphic artist, and novelist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1999. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644458111250,"sku":"9780156029704","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9bf242c0-83d4-4de2-8324-ac61fb11f179.jpg?v=1733110609","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/crabwalk-9780156029704","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}