An edition of Die Blechtrommel (1959)

The tin drum

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An edition of Die Blechtrommel (1959)

The tin drum

  • 2.8 (12 ratings) ·
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  • 2 Currently reading
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A dwarf drummer found guilty of a crime he did not commit writes his memoirs from a mental hospital in postwar Germany.

Publish Date
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Language
English
Pages
582

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Previews available in: Spanish English German

Edition Availability
Cover of: El tambor de hojalata
El tambor de hojalata
2016, Penguin Random House
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: The tin drum
The tin drum
2009, Harvill Secker
in English
Cover of: The Tin Drum
The Tin Drum
February 5, 2004, Vintage
Cover of: El tambor de hojalata
El tambor de hojalata
2000, Suma de Letras
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: El tambor de hojalata
El tambor de hojalata
1999, Alfaguara
Paperback in Spanish - 1a ed.
Cover of: El tambor de hojalata
El tambor de hojalata
1998, Sudamericana
Paperback in Spanish - 5a ed.
Cover of: Die Blechtrommel
Die Blechtrommel: Roman
1983, Luchterhand
in German - 20. Aufl.
Cover of: Die Blechtrommel
Die Blechtrommel: Roman
1964
in German - 11. Aufl.
Cover of: Die Blechtrommel
Die Blechtrommel: Roman
1962, Fischer
in German
Cover of: The tin drum
The tin drum
1959, Pantheon
in English

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Edition Notes

Translation of: Die Blechtrommel.

Published in
London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
833.914
Library of Congress
PT2613.R338 B5513 2009b, PT2613.R338

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 582 pages
Number of pages
582

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28343294M
Internet Archive
tindrum0000gras
ISBN 10
1846553172
ISBN 13
9781846553172
OCLC/WorldCat
421811685
Amazon ID (ASIN)

Work Description

Die Blechtrommel ist ein Roman von Günter Grass. Er erschien 1959 als Auftakt der Danziger Trilogie und gehört zu den meistgelesenen Romanen der deutschen Nachkriegsliteratur. Der Roman lässt sich als historischer Roman, Zeitroman, Schelmenroman und Entwicklungsroman charakterisieren.


Set against the backcloth of National Socialism, [this novel] is told in the first person by the central figure, Oskar Matzerath, tracing Oskar's history, beginning with his grandparents, and finishing at his thirtieth birthday (1954). Oskar is a dwarf, whose passion is his tin drum, which exercises some of the power of the Pied Piper's pipe, and he possesses a voice which is capable of breaking glass of all kinds at considerable range. The magic of Oskar's voice is matched by his ability to arrest his growth, but here, as elsewhere, the book moves on two planes, for the adult burgher world believes that his failure to develop is due to a fall. The grotesque figure of Oskar is accompanied by a grotesque series of happenings throughout his life, especially the eccentric deaths of those around him ... Oskar is finally condemned for a murder he has not committed and placed in a mental hospital. Oskar's detachment from the normal world enables him to comment upon it, and the book presents a dry and ironic review of the history of Oskar's times from the standpoint of Danzig, which was his home [as well as the author's].-The Oxford Companion to German Literature.

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