The Tin Drum
1959 novel by Günter Grass / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Tin drum (disambiguation).
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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Author | Günter Grass |
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Original title | Die Blechtrommel |
Translator | Ralph Manheim, Breon Mitchell |
Cover artist | Günter Grass |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
Series | Danzig Trilogy |
Genre | Magic realism |
Publisher | Hermann Luchterhand Verlag |
Publication date | 1959 |
Published in English | 1961 |
Pages | 576 |
OCLC | 3618781 |
833.914 | |
Followed by | Cat and Mouse |
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To "beat a tin drum" means to create a disturbance in order to bring attention to a cause.[1][2][3]