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A review by dukegregory
The Tin Drum by Günter Grass
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4.5
Oskar as Germany reincarnate in the form of a an amoral monster with a thousand professions and stories who lives in the body of a three-year-old into perpetuity is one of the funniest, most tragic concepts I've probably ever seen. This is literally essential reading for anyone interested in the German literary landscape, and, even if I find chunks boring from time to time, it lives up to its reputation in sheer scale as well as its kaleidoscopic interest in invention and iterative reinvention to investigate Germany's historical wrongdoings and historical trauma.
Oskar as Germany reincarnate in the form of a an amoral monster with a thousand professions and stories who lives in the body of a three-year-old into perpetuity is one of the funniest, most tragic concepts I've probably ever seen. This is literally essential reading for anyone interested in the German literary landscape, and, even if I find chunks boring from time to time, it lives up to its reputation in sheer scale as well as its kaleidoscopic interest in invention and iterative reinvention to investigate Germany's historical wrongdoings and historical trauma.