num_pages: 580
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Tin Drum
titlecomplete: The Tin Drum
characters: Agnes Koljaiczek, Anna Koljaiczek Bronski, Alfred Matzerath, Bruno Munsterberg, Joseph Koljaiczek, Jan Bronski, Oskar Matzerath
genres: Germany, Historical Fiction, Nobel Prize, Novels, Literature, German Literature, Classics, War, Fiction, Magical Realism
ratings_count: 43243
places: Germany, Danzig, Gdańsk, Düsseldorf, Poland
series: Die Danziger Trilogie
awards: awardedAt: -189360000000
name: PEN Translation Prize
category: Ralph Manheim, awardedAt: -252432000000
name: Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
category: Roman, awardedAt: 1262332800000
name: Schlegel-Tieck Prize
category: Breon Mitchell, awardedAt: -378662400000
name: Preis der Gruppe 47
publisher: Vintage