The Tin Drum
By: by Günter Grass ; translated by Ralph Manheim.
Publisher: Fawcett
Published: 1962
Place of publication: Greenwich, Conn
Number of pages: 576
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Political fiction.; German fiction -- Translations into English.; Germany -- History -- 1945-1955 -- Fiction.
Genres: Translations into English.; History; 1945-1955; Fiction.
Work titles: Blechtrommel.
Description: 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.