{"product_id":"0151014167","title":"The Tin Drum","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eacclaimed As The Greatest German Novel Written Since The End Of World War Ii, \u003ci\u003ethe Tin Drum\u003c\/i\u003e Is The Autobiography Of Thirty-year-old Oskar Matzerath, Who Has Lived Through The Long Nazi Nightmare And Who, As The Novel Begins, Is Being Held In A Mental Institution. Willfully Stunting His Growth At Three Feet For Many Years, Wielding His Tin Drum And Piercing Scream As Anarchistic Weapons, He Provides A Profound Yet Hilarious Perspective On Both German History And The Human Condition Of The Modern World. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eabout The Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003egünter Grass Was Born In 1927 In Danzig. Active As An Artist, Poet, And Playwright, He Has Lived In Paris And Traveled Widely In Europe. At Present He Lives In Berlin With His Wife And Twin Sons. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003ethe Tin Drum\u003c\/i\u003e, The Author's First Novel, Has Been Translated Into All Major European Languages. A Film Version Of The Book Received An Oscar For Best Foreign Film In 1980. His Other Works Include \u003ci\u003ecat And Mouse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ethe Flounder\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eheadbirths\u003c\/i\u003e, And \u003ci\u003ethe Rat\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In 1999, Günter Grass Was Awarded The Nobel Prize For Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\nthe Washington Post - Michael Dirda\n\u003cp\u003ewith A Magic-realist Brio, \u003ci\u003ethe Tin Drum\u003c\/i\u003e Mixes Fantasy, Gallows Humor, Several Pathetic Love Stories, A Tragic Family Saga, A Classic Bildungsroman And A Powerful Account Of How Great Political Events Affect—usually Disastrously—a Small Group Of Ordinary People. It Grabs Your Attention From The Very First Words…\u003ci\u003ethe Tin Drum\u003c\/i\u003e…remains A Very Great Novel, As Daring And Imaginative As Gabriel Garcia Marquez's \u003ci\u003eone Hundred Years Of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e Or Toni Morrison's \u003ci\u003ebeloved.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Used - Acceptable","offer_id":45261841989822,"sku":"0151014167-5","price":24.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/41zl3M2mU6L._SL500.jpg?v=1754082980","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0151014167","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}