The tin drum

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Bitter and impassioned, this novel delivers a scathing dissection of the years from 1925-1955 through the eyes of Oskar, the dwarf whose manic beating on the toy of his childhood fantastically counterpoints the horrors of Germany and Poland under the Nazis.

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Bitter and impassioned, The Tin Drum delivers a scathing dissection of Germany and Poland under the Nazis.

On his third birthday Oskar decides to stop growing. Haunted by the deaths of his parents and wielding his tin drum Oskar recounts the events of his extraordinary life; from the long nightmare of the Nazi era to his anarchic adventures in post-war Germany.

‘Grass is one of the master fabulists of our age’ The Times

TRANSLATED BY BREON MITCHELL

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR

This series of war novels from Vintage Classics presents eight powerful stories about the horror and waste of war – each a passionate plea to prevent its repetition.

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Weight 0.418 kg
Dimensions 19.7 × 12.8 × 3.9 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

608

Language

English

Edition

|Reprint

Dewey

833.914 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K