Gunter Grass — From the Diary of a Snail

London , Secker & Warburg , 1974. First edition. Cloth. An excellent copy of the first English edition of this novel from Nobel Prize winner Gunter Grass. The first English edition of this work. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the original cloth binding.With a monochrome frontispiece of Melencolia I by Albrecht Durer. This novel by Gunter Grass is said by some to be the most autobiographical of his works, with accounts of his political campaigning with Willy Brandt and the history of the persecuted Danzig Jews. The snail in question acts as both a parody and metaphor of social progress.As a strong supporter of the Social Democratic Party in Germany, Grass criticised left-wing radicals and instead argued in favour of the "snail's pace". In the original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent with slight shelf wear to the head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper has light handling marks to the wrap. Minor edge wear to the head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with the odd spot. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.