![]() ![]() ![]() Finally, he finds a cabin which only he can access where he can hide and place his stuff. He finds a gramophone which he repairs and plays. First he gets plaques and tools but then finds canned food which, to the disgust of the other boys, he opens and eats. He cannot swim but soon learns and, when the boys swim out to a half-sunk Polish minesweeper in the bay, it is Mahlke who is soon able to dive down into the hull and get stuff from the ship. From then on, Mahlke is the stuff of legend, at least at schoolboy level. Mahlke has a very prominent Adam’s apple and the cat sees it moving while Mahlke is dozing and attacks what it thinks is a mouse. Mahlke, Pilenz and some other schoolboys are sitting by a sports field. We first meet Mahlke when the cat and mouse story gains its legend. It is narrated by Pilenz but is the story of Joachim Mahlke. The second book in Grass’ Danzig trilogy was much smaller than the other two and certainly not a great book but still interesting. Home » Germany » Günter Grass » Katz und Maus (Cat and Mouse) Günter Grass: Katz und Maus (Cat and Mouse) ![]()
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