Fionnáin reviewed Of All That Ends by Günter Grass
The final work of the Nobel Prize winner Günter Grass—a witty and elegiac series of …
A fitting end
4 stars
Günther Grass' last book is a fitting conclusion. It's a wittily funny, perfectly curmudgeonly, and surprisingly touching account of the end of his life, documented through short essays, poems and drawings. There is narrative here, and a deep love for humanity coupled with a mild hopelessness about a future that he will never see. And a final tooth that perhaps he cannot save.