
The German novel ''Im Krebsgang'' (2002) (English translation: ''Crabwalk''), by Danzig-born Germany author Günter Grass (who had earlier received the 2000 Nobel Prize for Literature). It is based on the story of the World War II maritime disaster, the sinking of the overloaded Nazi cruise ship turned refugee carrier, the KdF Ship Wilhelm Gustloff, and its after affect on three generations of a German family. In the book, narrated by Paul Pokriefke; a failed journalist who was born at the time of the incident, a German family struggle to cope with the implications of the disaster. The title, ''Crabwalk'', defined by Grass as "scuttling backward to move forward," refers to both the necessary reference to various events, some ocurring at the same time, the same events that would lead to the eventual disaster. Crabwalk might also imply a more abstract backward glance at history, in order to allow a people to move forward. Approximately 9000 souls perished in that attack making it the worst maritime disaster of all time. The vessel was torpedoed by a Russia submarine in the Baltic Sea. The narrator commences with the story of Wilhelm Gustloff, the German leader of the Swiss Nazi party after whom the ship would later be named, and his would be assassin, David Frankfurter, a Jewish medical student. At the same time we see the Russian sub commander, Alexander Marinesko, who eventually gives the order to attack the ship. 2002 books Books by title German novels
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The German novel ''Im Krebsgang'' (2002) (English translation: ''Crabwalk''), by Danzig-born Germany author Günter Grass (who had earlier received the 2000 Nobel Prize for Literature). It is based on the story of the World War II maritime disaster, the sinking of the overloaded Nazi cruise ship turned refugee carrier, the KdF Ship Wilhelm Gustloff, and its after affect on three generations of a German family. In the book, narrated by Paul Pokriefke; a failed journalist who was born at the time of the incident, a German family struggle to cope with the implications of the disaster. The title, ''Crabwalk'', defined by Grass as "scuttling backward to move forward," refers to both the necessary reference to various events, some ocurring at the same time, the same events that would lead to the eventual disaster. Crabwalk might also imply a more abstract backward glance at history, in order to allow a people to move forward. Approximately 9000 souls perished in that attack making it the worst maritime disaster of all time. The vessel was torpedoed by a Russia submarine in the Baltic Sea. The narrator commences with the story of Wilhelm Gustloff, the German leader of the Swiss Nazi party after whom the ship would later be named, and his would be assassin, David Frankfurter, a Jewish medical student. At the same time we see the Russian sub commander, Alexander Marinesko, who eventually gives the order to attack the ship. 2002 books Books by title German novels
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