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Also known as Tin Drum

1959 novel by Günter Grass

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Author
Gunter Grass
First published
1962
Editions
2

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Author
Günter Grass
Original title
Die Blechtrommel
Translator
Ralph Manheim, Breon Mitchell
Cover artist
Günter Grass
Language
German
Series
Danzig Trilogy
Genre
Magic realism
Publisher
Hermann Luchterhand Verlag
Publication place
West Germany
Followed by
Cat and Mouse

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Guenter Grass, Die Blechtrommel 1959.jpg
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title
El tambor de hojalata
inception
1950-00-00
publication date
1959-00-00
first line
Zugegeben: ich bin Insasse einer Heil- und Pflegeanstalt, mein Pfleger beobachtet mich, läßt mich kaum aus dem Auge; denn in der Tür ist ein Guckloch, und meines Pflegers Auge ist von jenem Braun, welches mich, den Blauäugigen, nicht durchschauen kann.
last line
Während die Kinder, wenn singen, nicht mehr singen: Ist die Schwarze Köchin da? Ja - Ja - Ja!
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46
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Die Blechtrommel
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The Tin Drum (German: Die Blechtrommel, pronounced [diː ˈblɛçˌtʁɔml̩] ) is a 1959 novel by Günter Grass, the first book of his 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.

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