The Call of the Toad

1992 novel

978-3-88243-222-0

The Call of the Toad, published in Germany in 1992 as Unkenrufe (lit.'Doomsday Predictions'), is a novel by Danzig-born German author Günter Grass. It describes the love story between the German widower Alexander Reschke and Alexandra Polin widowed Piatkowska. It was adapted into a 2005 film directed by Robert Gliński.

References

  • Grass, Günter (1992). The Call of the Toad. Translated by Manheim, Ralph. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. ISBN 978-0-15-125743-0.
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