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The Tin Drum (German: Die Blechtrommel, pronounced [diː ˈblɛçˌtʁɔml̩] ⓘ) is a 1959 novel by Günter Grass, the first book of his Danzig Trilogy. It was adapted into a 1979 film, which won both the 1979 Palme d'Or and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1980.
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Apr 8, 2010 · Paperback – April 8, 2010. One of the greatest modern novels, The Tin Drum is the story 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. Matzerath provides a profound yet hilarious perspective on both German history and the human condition in ...
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3.95. 44,143 ratings2,236 reviews. On his third birthday Oskar decides to stop growing. Haunted by the deaths of his parents and wielding his tin drum Oskar recounts the events of his extraordinary life; from the long nightmare of the Nazi era to his anarchic adventures in post-war Germany.
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The Tin Drum, picaresque novel by Günter Grass, a purported autobiography of a dwarf who lives through the birth and death of Nazi Germany, published in 1959 as Die Blechtrommel. The work’s protagonist, Oskar Matzerath, narrates the novel from an asylum for the insane.
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Oct 8, 2009 · by Gunter Grass (Author), Breon Mitchell (Translator) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.2 716 ratings. Book 1 of 1: Danzig Trilogy. See all formats and editions. One of the greatest modern novels, The Tin Drum is the story 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 ...
Nov 10, 1999 · The greatest German novel since the end of World War II, The Tin Drum is the autobiography of Oskar Matzerath, thirty years old, detained in a mental hospital, convicted of a murder he did not commit.
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Oct 8, 2009 · The Tin Drum. Günter Grass. HarperCollins, Oct 8, 2009 - Fiction - 593 pages. One of the greatest modern novels, The Tin Drum is the story of thirty-year-old Oskar Matzerath, who has...
