{"product_id":"the-box-tales-from-the-darkroom-9780547577647","title":"The Box: Tales from the Darkroom","description":"\"It is impossible not to be impressed by  Grass's] inexhaustible desire to experiment with the novel and by the many good stories and passages of exquisite writing in \u003ci\u003eThe Box\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--Charles Simic, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this inspired and daring work of fiction, G nter Grass writes in the voices of his eight children as they record memories of their childhoods, of growing up, and especially of their father, who was always at work on a new book, always at the margins of their lives. Memories contradictory, happy, loving, accusatory--they piece together an intimate picture of this most public of men. To say nothing of Marie, a photographer and family friend of many years, perhaps even a lover, whose snapshots taken with an old-fashioned Agfa box camera provide the author with ideas for his work. But her images offer much more than simple replication. They reveal a truth beyond ordinary life, depict the future, tell what might have been, grant the wishes of those photographed. The children speculate on the nature of this magic: Was the enchanted camera a source of inspiration for their father? Did it represent the power of art itself? Was it the eye of God? An audacious literary experiment, \u003ci\u003eThe Box\u003c\/i\u003e is Grass at his best. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780547577647\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.08h x 5.32w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/06\/2011 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"G\u0026#252;nter Grass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38016495419573,"sku":"9780547577647","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_93153329-08ae-4c4f-8b91-87906f8f5040.jpg?v=1609159667","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-box-tales-from-the-darkroom-9780547577647","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}