Book of the Week - Peeling the Onion
The controversial autobiography of the early life of Nobel Prize-winning German author Gunter Grass, translated by Michael Henry Heim and read by Kenneth Cranham
Book of the Week - Peeling the Onion - Episode 1
Peeling the Onion: 1/5. The autobiography of the early life of Nobel Prize-winning German author Gunter Grass, which caused a scandal when it was published in Germany last year.
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Book of the Week - Peeling the Onion - Episode 2
Peeling the Onion: The autobiography of the early life of Nobel Prize-winning author Gunter Grass. 2/5. In 1943 at the age of 16, Grass is drafted into the Reich Labour Service.
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Book of the Week - Peeling the Onion - Episode 3
Peeling the Onion: The autobiography of the early life of Nobel Prize-winning author Gunter Grass. 3/5. In 1944, at 17, Grass is drafted into the Waffen SS.
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Book of the Week - Peeling the Onion - Episode 4
Peeling the Onion: The autobiography of the early life of Nobel Prize-winning author Gunter Grass. 4/5. April 1945, and Grass' regiment is thrown into repelling the Russian advance.
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Book of the Week - Peeling the Onion - Episode 5
Peeling the Onion: The autobiography of the early life of Nobel Prize-winning author Gunter Grass. 5/5. The war is over for 17-year-old Grass, injured and a prisoner of war.
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