Grass said, "The Flounder is about women and food, but it is also about women and war, including what women have done against war – unfortunately, mostly silence."
Günter Grass har sagt att "Flundran handlar om kvinnor och mat, men den handlar också om kvinnor och krig, inklusive vad kvinnor har gjort emot krig — tyvärr, mestadels tystnad".