The Tin Drum (Everyman's Library)

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(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) Acclaimed as the greatest German novel written since the end of World War II The Tin Drum 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 in the modern world. Introduction by John Reddick; Translation by Ralph Manheim