Le Tambour
Grass's literary style has been widely influential. John Irving called Grass "simply the most original and versatile writer alive". And many have noted parallels between Irving's "A Prayer for Owen Meany" and "The Tin Drum". Similarly, Salman Rushdie has acknowledged a debt to Grass's work, particularly "The Tin Drum", and many parallels to Grass's work have been pointed out in his own oeuvre.