Quotes from book
The Rat

The Rat
Günter Grass Original title Die Rättin (German, 1985)

The Rat is a 1986 novel by the German writer Günter Grass.

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“We of the long tails! We of the presentient whiskers! We of the perpetually growing teeth! We, the serried footnotes to man, his proliferating commentary. We, indestructible!”

Günter Grass book The Rat

The Rat (1986), p. 6

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