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1) The tin drum
Author
Series
Language
English
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...
2) The tin drum
Series
Criterion collection volume 0234
Pub. Date
1979
Language
Deutsch
Description
Chronicles Danzig in the 1920s/1930s and the life and times of Oskar Matzerath the son of a local dealer, a most unusual boy. Equipped with full intellect right from his birth, he decides at his third birthday not to grow up as he sees the crazy world around him at the eve of World War II. So he refuses the society and his tin drum symbolizes his protest against the middle-class mentality of his family and neighborhood, which stand for all passive...
3) The tin drum
Series
Criterion collection volume 234
Language
Deutsch
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Description
A German child refuses to grow up in response to the Nazi presence. To vent his hostility, he pounds on a tin drum.
Series
Criterion collection volume 234
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Oskar is born in Germany in 1924 with an advanced intellect. Repulsed by the hypocrisy of adults and the irresponsibility of society, he refuses to grow older after his third birthday. While the chaotic world around him careers toward the madness and folly of World War II, Oskar pounds incessantly on his beloved tin drum and perfects his uncannily piercing shrieks. An adaptation of Gunter Grass's acclaimed novel, characterized by surreal imagery,...
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