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The Call of the Toad, published in Germany in 1992 as Unkenrufe (lit. 'Doomsday Predictions' ), is a novel by Danzig -born German author Günter Grass. It describes the love story between the German widower Alexander Reschke and Alexandra Polin widowed Piatkowska.
Jun 29, 2017 · A polish woman, a guilding specialist, meets a German man, a professor in art history. A walk together in a graveyard gives rise to an ambition to establish a Cemetery of Reconciliation as a mark of the times and their spirit of unity...
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Jan 1, 2001 · The Call of the Toad, published in Germany in 1992 as Unkenrufe (prophecies of doom), is a novel by Danzig-born German author Günter Grass. A love story between the German widower Alexander Reschke and Alexandra Polin widowed Piatkowska. It was adapted into a 2005 film directed by Robert Gliński.
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Dec 10, 2020 · The call of the toad. By the author of "The Tin Drum" and "Dog Years", this is the story both of a great undertaking and an unexpected love affair. In a Gdansk graveyard in 1989, a German art historian and a Polish widow share the same idea, to open a "Reconciliation Cemetery" to demonstrate that old hatreds are past.
Mar 29, 2021 · The call of the toad. by. Grass, Günter, 1927-2015. Publication date. 1993. Topics. Cemeteries -- Poland -- Gdańsk -- Fiction, Germans -- Poland -- Fiction, Cemeteries, Germans, Gdańsk (Poland) -- Fiction, Poland, Poland -- Gdańsk. Publisher.
The Call of the Toad. The author of The Tin Drum is back in Danzig with The Call of the Toad, a poignant, irreverent, funny novel about two people who find adventure in...
The Call of the Toad. Günter Grass. Secker & Warburg, 1992 - Fiction - 248 pages. The story of an improbable love affair and a sharp satire on post-1989 Europe, this book is Gunter Grass's first...
