THE TIN DRUM presents Hitler's 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 Mann's DOCTOR FAUSTUS, Grass's 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.
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THE TIN DRUM presents Hitler's 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 Mann's DOCTOR FAUSTUS, Grass's novel explores the dark roots of power and creativity.
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Gunter Grass was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 199
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781857151473
Publisert
1993
Utgiver
Vendor
Everyman's Library
Vekt
647 gr
Høyde
209 mm
Bredde
133 mm
Dybde
33 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, UU, 01, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
550
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