The Tin Drum (Audiobook)

from mlbelize

This is going to be the very, very short version as one would have to write pages to do justice to this book and I'm just not up to it. In a nutshell..Oskar is born with the understanding of an adult. He hears a conversation between his mother and her husband in which the husband says Oskar will ...

from Helena81

It's hard to know where to begin. I just finished The Tin Drum, and I'm blown away by Grass's skill. His playful prose, use of allegory and metaphor, and ever-present humor (often through the grotesque) is both impressive and entertaining. I relished the inventive twists and turns of the plot its...

from hemlokgang

This novel ranks among the most brilliant pieces of fiction that I have ever read. A 589 page metaphor for the pain and shame of the German people from the period of WWII. Oskar, the self stunted midget who expresses himself via his tin drum and shatters glass with his voice with a precision not ...

from eas311

I was enthralled by this book. There is a scene where he remembers hiding in his grandmother's skirts. I was sold. The idea of willing oneself to stay young forever - how many of us have wanted to do that? And yet it doesn't work. Oskar is forever 3, except not really. His mind grows even as his ...

from MichielVl

This is just a wonderful book. Marvelous sentences, seemingly endless inspiration from Grass and in between some history, all mixed together with absurd surrealism which adds a comical touch to this masterpiece. Watch the movie too, I never thought one could actually make a decent movie out of th...