Tin Drum by Günter Grass (1963, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100394449029
ISBN-139780394449029
eBay Product ID (ePID)152274628
Product Key Features
Original LanguageGerman
TopicLiterary
Publication Year1963
Book TitleTin Drum
LanguageEnglish
GenreNon-Classifiable, Fiction
AuthorGünter Grass
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight28.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal833/.914
SynopsisThe 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. On the day of his third birthday, Oskar had "declared, resolved, and determined [to] stop right there, remain as I was, stay the same size, cling to the same attire" (striped pullover and patent-leather shoes). That same day Oskar receives his first tin drum, and from then on it is the means of his expression, allowing him to draw forth memories from the past as well as judgments about the horrors, injustices, and eccentricities he observes through the long nightmare of the Nazi era. As that era ebbs bloodily away, as drum succeeds drum, Oskar participates in the German postwar economic miracle -- working variously in the black market, as an artist's model, in a troupe of traveling musicians. With the onset of affluence and fame, Oskar decides to grow a few inches, only to develop a humpback. But despite his newfound status (and stature), Oskar remains haunted by the deaths of his parents, afflicted by his responsibility for past sins -- and so assumes guilt for a murder he did not commit as an act of atonement and an opportunity to find consolation.The rhythms of Oskar's drums are intricate and insistent, and they lead us, often by way of shocking fantasies, through the dark forest of German history. Through Oskar's piercing, outspoken voice and deformed little figure, through the imaginative distortion and exaggeration of historical experience, a pathetically hilarious yet startlingly true portrayal of the human situation comes into view., 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.
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- Jan 23, 2020
Did not come with the dust jacket
Love the book, but it did not come with the dust jacket as portrayed.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
