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| Genre/Form: | Political fiction Historical fiction Fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Günter Grass |
| OCLC Number: | 295074 |
| Description: | 591 p. 22 cm. |
| Other Titles: | Blechtrommel. |
| Responsibility: | Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim. |
Abstract:
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.
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