Aging and Old-Age Style in Günter Grass, Ruth Klüger, Christa Wolf, and Martin Walser: The Mannerism of a Late Period

by Stuart Taberner

Explores the performance of aging in the "late style" of G nter Grass, Ruth Kl ger, Christa Wolf, and Martin Walser.

Demographers say that by the year 2060, every seventh person in Germany will be aged eighty or older, and every third person over sixty-five. The prediction for other Western countries is scarcely different. Indeed, the aging society is seen by some as a graver threat than even global warming, with potentially unmanageable tensions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571135782
• ISBN13: 9781571135780
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"