The tin drum
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Published:
New York : Vintage Books, 1990, c1989.
Format:
Book
Edition:
1st Vintage International ed.
Physical Desc:
591 pages ; 21 cm.
Lexile measure:
1220L
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Description
One of the greatest modern novels, The Tin Drum is the story 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. Matzerath provides a profound yet hilarious perspective on both German history and the human condition in the modern world. In this edition, Breon Mitchell, acclaimed translator and scholar, draws from a wealth of detailed scholarship to produce a translation that is more faithful to Grass's style and rhythm than the 1959 translation, restoring omissions and reflecting the complexity of the original work. After more than sixy years, The Tin Drum has, if anything, gained in power and relevance. All of Grass's amazing evocations are still there, and still amazing: Oskar Matzerath, the indomitable drummer, his grandmother, Anna Koljaiczek, his mother, Agnes, Alfred Matzerath and Jan Bronski, his presumptive fathers, Oskar's midget friends-Bebra, the great circus master and Roswitha Raguna, the famous somnambulist, Sister Scholastica and Sister Agatha, the Right Reverend Father Wiehnke, the Greffs, the Schefflers, Herr Fajngold, all Kashubians, Poles, Germans, and Jews-waiting to be discovered and re-discovered.
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East Lyme Public Adult Fiction (PBK)
Grass, Günter [Danzig] #01 (Tin)
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Language:
English
ISBN:
067972575X :
Lexile measure:
1220

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Translation of: Die Blechtrommel.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Grass, G. (19901989). The tin drum. 1st Vintage International ed. New York, Vintage Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Grass, Günter, 1927-2015. 19901989. The Tin Drum. New York, Vintage Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Grass, Günter, 1927-2015, The Tin Drum. New York, Vintage Books, 19901989.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Grass, Günter. The Tin Drum. 1st Vintage International ed. New York, Vintage Books, 19901989.

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