num_pages: 592
description: One of the greatest German novels 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 3 feet, playing 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.
language: English
title: The Tin Drum
titlecomplete: The Tin Drum
characters: Anna Koljaiczek Bronski, Jan Bronski, Alfred Matzerath, Agnes Koljaiczek, Oskar Matzerath, Bruno Munsterberg, Joseph Koljaiczek
genres: Fiction, War, Magical Realism, German Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Nobel Prize, Germany, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 43257
places: Düsseldorf, Gdańsk, Danzig, Germany, 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 Books