An edition of Die Blechtrommel (1959)

The Tin Drum

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An edition of Die Blechtrommel (1959)

The Tin Drum

Library Edition

Unabridged edition
  • 2.75 ·
  • 12 Ratings
  • 87 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 22 Have read

Die Blechtrommel ist ein Roman von Günter Grass. Er erschien 1959 als Auftakt der Danziger Trilogie und gehört zu den meistgelesenen Romanen der deutschen Nachkriegsliteratur. Der Roman lässt sich als historischer Roman, Zeitroman, Schelmenroman und Entwicklungsroman charakterisieren.


Set against the backcloth of National Socialism, [this novel] is told in the first person by the central figure, Oskar Matzerath, tracing Oskar's history, beginning with his grandparents, and finishing at his thirtieth birthday (1954). Oskar is a dwarf, whose passion is his tin drum, which exercises some of the power of the Pied Piper's pipe, and he possesses a voice which is capable of breaking glass of all kinds at considerable range. The magic of Oskar's voice is matched by his ability to arrest his growth, but here, as elsewhere, the book moves on two planes, for the adult burgher world believes that his failure to develop is due to a fall. The grotesque figure of Oskar is accompanied by a grotesque series of happenings throughout his life, especially the eccentric deaths of those around him ... Oskar is finally condemned for a murder he has not committed and placed in a mental hospital. Oskar's detachment from the normal world enables him to comment upon it, and the book presents a dry and ironic review of the history of Oskar's times from the standpoint of Danzig, which was his home [as well as the author's].-The Oxford Companion to German Literature.

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Cover of: El tambor de hojalata
El tambor de hojalata
2016, Penguin Random House
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: The tin drum
The tin drum
2009, Harvill Secker
in English
Cover of: The Tin Drum
The Tin Drum
February 5, 2004, Vintage
Cover of: The Tin Drum
The Tin Drum: Library Edition
March 2001, Blackstone Audiobooks
Audio cassette in English - Unabridged edition
Cover of: El tambor de hojalata
El tambor de hojalata
2000, Suma de Letras
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: El tambor de hojalata
El tambor de hojalata
1999, Alfaguara
Paperback in Spanish - 1a ed.
Cover of: El tambor de hojalata
El tambor de hojalata
1998, Sudamericana
Paperback in Spanish - 5a ed.
Cover of: Die Blechtrommel
Die Blechtrommel: Roman
1983, Luchterhand
in German - 20. Aufl.
Cover of: Die Blechtrommel
Die Blechtrommel: Roman
1964
in German - 11. Aufl.
Cover of: Die Blechtrommel
Die Blechtrommel: Roman
1962, Fischer
in German
Cover of: The tin drum
The tin drum
1959, Pantheon
in English

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Audio cassette
Dimensions
10.4 x 5.8 x 2.3 inches
Weight
1.5 pounds

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OL8106012M
ISBN 10
0786119500
ISBN 13
9780786119509
OCLC/WorldCat
47076699
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35748

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October 3, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Updated format 'Audio Cassette' to 'Audio cassette'; Removed author from Edition (author found in Work)
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