The Tin Drum
by Grass, Gunter; Manheim, Ralph (Translated by)
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 067972575X
- ISBN 13
- 9780679725756
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About This Item
New York: Vintage Books, 1990. 591 pages; 21 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Browning. "Acclaimed as the greatest German novel written since the end of World War II, The Tin Drum is 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." - Publisher.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.
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Acclaimed as the greatest German novel written since the end of World War II, The Tin Drum is 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.
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- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
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- Title
- The Tin Drum
- Author
- Grass, Gunter; Manheim, Ralph (Translated by)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 067972575X
- ISBN 13
- 9780679725756
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 8vo
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