Tin Drum
Douban
ISBN: 9780679725756
author:
Gunter Grass
publishing house: FAWCETT CREST
publication date: 1962
binding: Paperback
price: USD 15.95
number of pages: 592
Gunter Grass
overview
Acclaimed as the greatest German novel written since the end of World War II, The Tin Drum is 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.
