Product Description Harm and Dörte Peters, the quintessential couple, are on vacation in Asia. But wherever they are, they can't get away from the political upheaval back home. With irony and wit, Grass takes aim at capitalism, communism, religion-even reproduction; nothing escapes unscathed. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book Review ''Headbirths'' is minor Grass, which would be major for almost any other writer." (New York Times - John Leonard ) About the Author G�NTER GRASS was born in Danzig, Germany, in 1927. He is the widely acclaimed author of numerous books, includingThe Tin Drum, My Century, Crabwalk, andPeeling the Onion. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1999.