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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...occupying Russian forces. His body falls across the path of some ants that have set up supply lines to a smashed sack of sugar. "The ants found themselves facing a new situation," Grass wrote, "but, undismayed by the detour, soon built a new highway round the doubled-up Matzerath, for the sugar that trickled out of the burst sack had lost none of its sweetness while Marshal Rokossovski was occupying the city of Danzig...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Dentist's Chair as an Allegory in Life | 4/13/1970 | See Source »

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