Title Local anaesthetic / Günter Grass ; translated by Ralph Manheim.

Publication Info.

New York : Harcourt, Brace and World, [1970]

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Manchester, Main Library - Basement Materials	GRASS, GUNTHER	Check Shelf
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Fiction	F GRASS	Check Shelf

Description	284 pages ; 22 cm
Note	"A Helen and Kurt Wolff book."
	Translation of Örtlich betäubt.
Summary	Starusch, a 40 year old teacher of German and history, undergoes protracted dental treatment in an office where TV is used to distract the patients. Under local anesthesia, the patient projects onto the screen his past and present with the fluidity and visual quality of the movies. A satirical portrait of social confusions.
Processing Action	commitment to retain 20151204 pda OTUTLD
Subject	Teachers -- Germany -- Fiction.
	Dentists -- Fiction.
	Nazis -- Fiction.
	German fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English.
	Dentists. (OCoLC)fst00890717
	German fiction. (OCoLC)fst00941384
	Nazis. (OCoLC)fst01035219
	Teachers. (OCoLC)fst01144248
	Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
	Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
	Novela alemana -- Siglo XX -- Traducciones al inglés.
	Novela alemana -- Siglo XX -- Traducciones al inglés.
Added Author	Manheim, Ralph, 1907-1992, translator.
Added Title	Örtlich betäubt. English
Other Form:	Online version: Grass, Günter, 1927-2015. Örtlich betäubt. English. Local anaesthetic. [1st ed.]. New York, Harcourt, Brace & World [1970] (OCoLC)575271026
	Online version: Grass, Günter, 1927-2015. Örtlich betäubt. English. Local anaesthetic. [1st ed.]. New York, Harcourt, Brace & World [1970] (OCoLC)613052152

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