My Century

Gunter Grass. Stated first edition, first printing. New York: Harcourt, 1999. Both unclipped dust jacket and hardcover are in Veey Good+ condition. No writing or markings found in the book, 280 pp. 

A stated first edition of Günter Grass’s My Century, a sweeping literary chronicle of the 20th century told through one hundred short vignettes—one for each year. Translated from the German by Michael Henry Heim, this collection showcases Grass’s wit, irony, and deep historical insight, capturing Germany’s turbulent century through many voices and shifting perspectives. Won Grass the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1999. 

Perfect for collectors of Nobel Prize–winning authors and 20th-century European literature.

It’s not a novel in the traditional sense — it’s a collection of 100 short fictional vignettes, each capturing one year of the 20th century from a different German perspective, blending fiction, history, and social commentary.