Contents: 1. Reminiscence and interviews. 2. Essays. 3. Facets. 4. Reviews.

"In this selection, Subhoranjan Dasgupta brings together the best that he has written on Gunter Grass since 1984. While the dialogues with Grass reveal the many-faceted personality of the writer of The Tin Drum, his political worldview in particular, the essays evaluate Grass' complex relationship with Kolkata as well as the artistry and message of his novels and poems. Perceptive and insightful, this selection is an example of animated intercultural dialogue, committed as it is to the quest for another, more human world." (jacket)