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About This Book:

Title: The Tin Drum: The New Translation

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Synopsis
The famous allegorical novel of Germany and the Second World War, first published in 1959. Oskar Matzerath, the hunchbacked narrator, grows up in Danzig during the Nazis' rise to power. Cynical and disgusted by the adults around him, Oskar decides at the age of three to stop growing and observes the world around him with the bitter distance of a freak. Made into a successful movie in 1980, THE TIN DRUM was considered the first significant literary work to come out of postwar Germany.

Details
Language:        English

Size
Length:        608 Pages



Industry Reviews
"In the more than 20 years since its publication, [THE TIN DRUM] has not yet been surpassed; it is the greatest novel by a living author."
(March 1982)
"...Herr Grass's narrative moves with extraordinary virtuosity from the most graphic naturalistic description to passages of verbal exuberance and lyrical or satirical fantasy...because Herr Grass has a quite exceptional capacity for conveying the feel, colour and smell of experience, it is the sheer vividness and body of this novel to which one immediately responds."
(10/05/1962)
"In 'The Tin Drum', Günter Grass has written a novel without equal so far in post-war Germany...Grass's book is a major romantic novel which, in its carefully designed structure and economical use of a welter of incidents, approaches classicism....What makes 'The Tin Drum' spellbinding, however, is something beyond story and style; it is the hauntedness of its author, and the personal myths he creates, full of urgency and driving power."
(Fall 1963)
"Here he comes to grips with the enormous task of reviewing contemporary history by recalling the disavowed and the forgotten: the victims, losers and lies that people wanted to forget because they had once believed in them," the academy said in a statement. It is not too audacious to assume that THE TIN DRUM will become one of the enduring literary works of the 20th century,"
(09/30/1999)
"Gross, grotesque, gruesome, and horrible throughout....It is blasphemous also, deliberately and offensively blasphemous....A remarkable book."
(02/08/1963)


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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is The Tin Drum: The New Translation and it was written by Gunter Grass, Breon Mitchell (Translator). This edition of The Tin Drum: The New Translation is in a Paperback format. This books publish date is April 2010 and it has a suggested retail price of $15.95. There are 608 pages in the book and it was published by Mariner Books. The 10 digit ISBN is 0547339100 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780547339108. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.