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ghshephard on April 13, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: German author Guenter Grass dies

I somehow completely missed an incredible cultural Icon. The NYT flashed this as "Breaking News", and it's sitting here at 62 points in less than an hour - and I had absolutely no idea who Guenter Grass was, until I started reading the news.

Spooky - it's like I slipped in from an alternate plane of reality.

_1tan on April 13, 2015 | [–]

That's the beautiful thing about literature. One can catch up by simply reading!

JoeAltmaier on April 13, 2015 | | [–]

No, I'm afraid one can never catch up. There's just too much to read. My stack of unread books gets higher every month. Sigh.

xg15 on April 13, 2015 | [–]

1Q84?

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