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Key facts
- 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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- Image
- 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!
- number of parts of this work
- 46
- Commons category
- 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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1950s controversies1959 German novelsAnti-war novelsCulture articles needing translation from German WikipediaDanzig TrilogyGerman historical novelsGerman magical realism novelsGerman novels adapted into filmsGerman novels adapted into playsGerman picaresque novelsGerman war novelsNovels about disabilityNovels about NazisNovels adapted into radio programsNovels by Günter GrassNovels with unreliable narratorsObscenity controversies in literatureTrying to prevent adulthood in popular cultureWar novels adapted into filmsWorks about dwarfism