From Germany to Germany contains delightful insights into the process of crafting a novel…the most compelling and enduring evaluation of the complexities of reunification is likely to have come from the pen of Günter Grass the novelist
- Harry de Quetteville, Daily Telegraph
Though Grass spent much of the year engaged in political argument – with others and with himself – there is much else in the book. It is first the record of a man possessed of extraordinary energy, both physical and mental…One cannot but admire his zest for life
- Allan Massie, Scotsman
From Germany to Germany is as earthy and real as The Tin Drum
- Carole Angier, Literary Review
This diary does capture a great moment in time
- Alastair Mabbott, Herald