The Tin Drum
Book 1 of Grass, Günter - Danzig
Language: English
1945-1955 Fiction Fiction - General General & Literary Fiction Germany Germany - History - 1945-1955 Historical fiction History Literary Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Modern fiction Political fiction War & Military
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: Aug 15, 1990
Description:
Acclaimed as the greatest German novel written since the end of World War II,The Tin Drumis the autobiography of thirty-year-old Oskar Matzerath, who has lived through the long Nazi nightmare and who, as the novel begins, is being held in a mental institution. Willfully stunting his growth at three feet for many years, wielding his tin drum and piercing scream as anarchistic weapons, he provides a profound yet hilarious perspective on both German history and the human condition in the modern world. Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim.