The Tin Drum

by Grass, Gunter; Manheim, Ralph

• ISBN13: 9780679420330
• ISBN10: 0679420339
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-06-01
• Publisher: Everymans Library

Summary

(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) Acclaimed as the greatest German novel written since the end of World War II,The Tin Drumis 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. Introduction by John Reddick; Translation by Ralph Manheim

Author Biography

Günter Grass was born in 1927 in Danzig.  Active as an artist, poet, and playwright, he has lived in Paris and traveled widely in Europe.  At present he lives in Berlin with his wife and twin sons.<br><br><b>The Tin Drum</b>, the author's first novel, has been translated into all major European languages.  A film version of the book received an Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1980.  His other works include <b>Cat and Mouse</b>, <b>The Flounder</b>, <b>Headbirths</b>, and <b>The Rat</b>.<br><br>In 1999, Günter Grass was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Table of Contents

The Wide Skirt	p. 15
Under the Raft	p. 25
Moth and Light Bulb	p. 37
The Photograph Album	p. 49
Smash a Little Windowpane	p. 61
The Schedule	p. 72
Rasputin and the Alphabet	p. 84
The Stockturm. Long-Distance Song Effects	p. 95
The Rostrum	p. 108
Shopwindows	p. 123
No Wonder	p. 134
Good Friday Fare	p. 146
Tapered at the Foot End	p. 159
Herbert Truczinski's Back	p. 169
Niobe	p. 183
Faith, Hope, Love	p. 196
Scrap Metal	p. 209
The Polish Post Office	p. 221
The Card House	p. 235
He Lies in Saspe	p. 246
Maria	p. 258
Fizz Powder	p. 269
Special Communiques	p. 281
How Oskar Took His Helplessness to Mrs. Greff	p. 291
165 Lbs.	p. 305
Bebra's Theater at the Front	p. 317
Inspection of Concrete, or Barbaric, Mystical, Bored	p. 328
The Imitation of Christ	p. 345
The Dusters	p. 360
The Christmas Play	p. 370
The Ant Trail	p. 382
Should I or Shouldn't I?	p. 395
Disinfectant	p. 407
Growth in a Freight Car	p. 418
Firestones and Tombstones	p. 433
Fortuna North	p. 449
Madonna 49	p. 461
The Hedgehog	p. 474
In the Clothes Cupboard	p. 487
Klepp	p. 497
On the Fiber Rug	p. 508
In the Onion Cellar	p. 519
On the Atlantic Wall, or Concrete Eternal	p. 535
The Ring Finger	p. 551
The Last Streetcar, or Adoration of a Preserving Jar	p. 562
Thirty	p. 577
Glossary	p. 590
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