Of All That Ends

<p><b>The final work of Nobel Prize-winning writer G&#252;nter Grass &#150; a witty and elegiac series of meditations on writing growing old and the world.</b><br><br>Suddenly in spite of the trials of old age and with the end in sight everything seems possible again: love letters soliloquies scenes of jealousy swan songs social satire and moments of happiness.<br><br>Only an ageing artist who had once more cheated death could get to work with such wisdom defiance and wit. A wealth of touching stories is condensed into artful miniatures. In a striking interplay of poetry lyric prose and drawings Grass creates his final major work of art.<br><br>A moving farewell gift a sensual melancholy summation of a life fully lived.</p>