decadent_and_depraved reviewed The Tin Drum by Günter Grass
Review of 'The Tin Drum' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Easily the best prose I have ever had the pleasure of reading!
580 pages
English language
Published Dec. 1, 2005
The Tin Drum
by Günter Grass
4 stars
(11 reviews)
The Tin Drum (German: Die Blechtrommel, pronounced [diː ˈblɛçˌtʁɔml̩] (listen)) is a 1959 novel by Günter Grass. The novel is the first book of Grass's Danziger Trilogie (Danzig Trilogy). It was adapted into a 1979 film, which won both the 1979 Palme d'Or and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1980. To "beat a tin drum" when used as an idiom means to create a disturbance in order to bring attention to a cause. This is based on an interpretation of the book where Oskar's beating of his titular tin drum "symbolizes his protest against the middle-class mentality of his family and neighborhood."
Fionnáin reviewed The Tin Drum by Günter Grass
Review of 'The Tin Drum' on 'GoodReads'
5 stars
An absolute masterpiece from start to finish. The grim story of Poland and Germany before, during and after WWII told through the unreliable narrative of an unintentionally devious intentional Oskar, and only that. Perfectly weighted characters throughout. Brilliant.
