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Satirical odyssey through war-torn Europe's absurdity.

If you're drawn to stories that manage to weave together the fantastical with brutally raw historical truths, "The Tin Drum" will be a compelling read for you. Grass conjures imagery with surreal brilliance while dissecting the darker corners of humanity during challenging times. It's an experience akin to a lucid dream set against the tapestry of history, where laughter and horror intertwine, ensuring it stays with you long after the last page.

  • PEN Translation Prize for Ralph Manheim (1964)
  • Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger for Roman (1962)
  • Schlegel-Tieck Prize for Breon Mitchell (2010)
  • Preis der Gruppe 47 (1958)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Tin Drum

Regular price ₱440.55 Now ₱391.05 Save 11%
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ISBN: 9780140023596
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date of Publication: 1970-06-25
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Classics, War, World War II, Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.95
(rated by 43843 readers)

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Meet Oskar Matzerath, "the eternal three-year-old drummer." On the morning of his third birthday, dressed in a striped pullover and patent leather shoes, and clutching his drumsticks and his new tin drum, young Oskar makes an irrevocable decision: "It was then that I declared, resolved, and determined that I would never under any circumstances be a politician, much less a grocer; that I would stop right there, remain as I was--and so I did; for many years I not only stayed the same size but clung to the same attire." Here is a Peter Pan story with a vengeance. But instead of Never-Never Land, Günter Grass gives us Danzig, a contested city on the Polish-German border; instead of Captain Hook and his pirates, we have the Nazis. And in place of Peter himself is Oskar, a twisted puer aeternis with a scream that can shatter glass and a drum rather than a shadow. First published in 1959, The Tin Drum's depiction of the Nazi era created a furor in Germany, for the world of Grass's making is rife with corrupt politicians and brutal grocers in brown shirts: There was once a grocer who closed his store one day in November, because something was doing in town; taking his son Oskar by the hand, he boarded a Number 5 streetcar and rode to the Langasser Gate, because
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Satirical odyssey through war-torn Europe's absurdity.

If you're drawn to stories that manage to weave together the fantastical with brutally raw historical truths, "The Tin Drum" will be a compelling read for you. Grass conjures imagery with surreal brilliance while dissecting the darker corners of humanity during challenging times. It's an experience akin to a lucid dream set against the tapestry of history, where laughter and horror intertwine, ensuring it stays with you long after the last page.

  • PEN Translation Prize for Ralph Manheim (1964)
  • Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger for Roman (1962)
  • Schlegel-Tieck Prize for Breon Mitchell (2010)
  • Preis der Gruppe 47 (1958)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.