The Tin Drum
first publication date: 1959
genre: picaresque novel, magic realist fiction, developmental novel, period novel, historical novel, autofiction, Künstlerroman, metafiction, social novel
part of the series: Danzig Trilogy
series ordinal: 1
original title: Die Blechtrommel
original language: German
inspired by: Static poems, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Simplicius Simplicissimus, Klein Zaches, genannt Zinnober, Der junge Tischlermeister, The Song of the Flying Fish
main subject: guilt, petite bourgeoisie, responsibility, escapism, death drive, Germany–Poland relations, Catholicism, Nazism, regression, inner emigration
narrative location: Gdańsk, Düsseldorf, Bysewo, Polish Post Office in the Free City of Danzig, Wrzeszcz, Labesweg, Śródmieście, Forest Opera, Oliwa, Collegiate church of Gdańsk Wrzeszcz, Brzeźno, Main City, Zaspa Cemetery in Gdańsk, Metz, Paris, canton of Cabourg, Löwenburg, Jülicher Straße, Stockum, Altstadt (Düsseldorf), Gerresheim
characters: Agnes Matzerath, Alexander Scheffler, Alfred Matzerath, Anna Koljaiczek, Axel Mischke, Bebra, Bruno Münsterberg, Der alte Heilandt, Doktor Hollatz, Dr. Michon, Mariusz Fajngold, Felix, Frau Kater, Fräulein Doktor Hornstetter, Fräulein Spollenhauer, Fritz Truczinski, Gottfried von Vittlar, Albrecht Greff, Gregor Koljaiczek, Gretchen Scheffler, Guste Köster, Hänschen Kollin, Hedwig Bronski, Herbert Truczinski, Oberleutnant Herzog, Hochwürden Wiehnke, Jan Bronski, Joseph Koljaiczek, Kitty, Klein-Käschen, Klepp, Kobyella, Laubschad, Lina Greff, Löbsack, Marga Bronski, Maria Matzerath, Meyn, Nuchi Eyke, Obergefreiter Lankes, Oskar Matzerath, Roswitha Raguna, Schugger Leo, Schwester Dorothea, Schwester Inge, Sigismund Markus, Stauer, Stephan Bronski, Susi Kater, Vinzent Bronski, Viktor Weluhn, Kurt Matzerath, Ehlers, Korneff, Störtebeker, Luzie Rennwand, Professor Kuchen, Professor Maruhn, Moorskiff, Ulla, Raskolnikoff, Zeidler, Dr. Erich Werner, Ferdinand Schmuh, Scholle, Dr. Dösch, Schwester Agneta, Mother Truczinski, Aunt Kauer
followed by: Cat and Mouse
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. To "beat a tin drum" means to create a disturbance in order to bring attention to a cause. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Editions
8- date of publication: 2005ISBN-13: 978-0-09-948350-2
- date of publication: 1999ISBN-13: 978-0-375-42057-3
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