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The Tin Drum
Gunter Grass
The Tin Drum
Gunter Grass
WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOROn his third birthday Oskar decides to stop growing. Haunted by the deaths of his parents and wielding his tin drum Oskar recounts the events of his extraordinary life; from the long nightmare of the Nazi era to his anarchic adventures is post-war Germany.
608 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) | 
| Released | October 7, 2010 | 
| ISBN13 | 9780099540656 | 
| Publishers | Vintage Publishing | 
| Pages | 608 | 
| Dimensions | 200 × 130 × 35 mm · 450 g | 
| Language | English | 
| Translator | Mitchell, Breon | 
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