Designed to be a reliable source of information on literature from German-speaking countries from the 8th century onwards, the companion comes up to the mid-199... » 

Designed to be a reliable source of information on literature from German-speaking countries from the 8th century onwards, the companion comes up to the mid-1990s, including recent works such as Gunter Grass's controversial novel about the unification of East and West Germany, Ein Weites Feld. «