The tin drum

576 pages

Published Nov. 7, 1962 by Fawcett.

OCLC Number:
15803875

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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.

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Subjects

  • Historical fiction.
  • Political fiction.
  • German fiction -- Translations into English.
  • Germany -- History -- 1945-1955 -- Fiction.