Novemberland selected poems 1956 - 1993

174 Pages·1996·2.237 MB·German

by  Grass, Günter

NOVEMBERLAND
ALSO BY GINTER GRASS
The Tin Drum
Cat and Mouse
Dog Years
The Plebeians Rehearse the Uprising
Four Plays
Speak Out!
Local Anaesthetic
Mac: A Play
From the Diary of a Snail
lnmarypraise
In the Egg and Other Poems
The Flounder
The Meeting at Telgte
Headbirths
Drawings and Words 954-977
On Writing and Politics 967-983
Etchings and Words 97z-98z
The Rat
Show Your Tongue
Two States--One Nation?
The Call of the Toad
GNTER GRASS
NOVEMBERLAND
Selected Poems 956-993
Translated from the German
by Michael Hamburger
A HELEN AND KURT WOLFF BOOK
A HARVEST ORIGINAL
HARCOURT BRACE & COMPANY
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Grass, Giinter, 927-
Novemberland: selected poems, 956-993/Giinter Grass;
translated by Michael Hamburger.--lst ed.
p. cm.
"A Helen and Kurt Wolff book."
"A Harvest original."
ISBN o-5-IOO77-4.---ISBN o-I5-6oo33I-7 (pbk.)
1. Grass, Giinter, 1927- --Translations into English.
I. Hamburger, Michael. II. Title.
P;r2613.R338N6813 x996
83i'.914--dc2o 95-38418
Text set in Old Style 7
Designed by Lori J. McThomas
Printed in the United States of America
First edition
ABCDE
CONTENTS
FROM Die Vorziige der Windhiihner 956
Flag of Poland 3
Lament on Black Ice
5
Prophets' Fare
9
Quarrel II
Construction Work
I3
V for Volant Bird
I5
FROM Gleisdreieck 96o
Nursery Rhyme 21
The Scarecrows
23
Magical Exercise with the Brides of Christ 27
Racine Has His Coat of Arms Altered
33
Poultry in the Central Cemetery 37
The Curtain Sermon
39
Between Marathon and Athens
43
On White Paper 45
The Great Rubblewoman Speaks: 47
FROM Ausgefragt 967
Yes
59
Writing 63
Ivy--The Growth Rate of Immortality 67
Double Portrait 69
The Firstborn
7I
Tour de France 73
Sunday Morning 75
Decadence 77
The Whip 79
United Germany Festival, March 8I
Liebe Geprift 974
Love Tested 87
But Still 89
Your Ear 9I
As Though without Reason 93
Scenic Madrigal 95
FROM Der Butt 977
Comforted 99
Demeter IOI
How I See Myself o3
At the End o7
Too Much o9
Both i3
Miscellany
The Lie I7
Kinds of Death xx9
Coffin Nails 121
My Shoe x23
Our Litter Which I27
Leave-taking (from Die Rattin, x986) I29
Novemberland 993
What's Ours
I39
Novemberland
4
Late Sunflowers
43
All Souls
45
Gale Warning
47
Before the First Sunday in Advent
49
Unplanned
5
Persistent Rain
53
The Fortress Grows
55
Defoliated
57
After Brief Illness
59
In Clear Perspective 6
Who's Coming? 63