THE TIN DRUM presents Hitlers rise and fall through the eyes of the dwarfish narrator whose magic powers become symbolic of the dark forces dominating the German nation in the period. Like Thomas Manns DOCTOR FAUSTUS Grasss novel explores the dark roots of power and creativity. An early advocate of magic realism. Gunter Grass is the most powerful and celebrated novelist to appear in post-war Germany. His home city of Danzig is a powerful presence in this novel. About the Author Günter Grass (1927-2015) was Germany’s most celebrated post-war writer. He was a creative artist of remarkable versatility: novelist poet playwright essayist graphic artist. Grass’s first novelThe Tin Drum is widely regarded as one of the finest novels of the twentieth century and he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1999.
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