Gunter Grass – The Tin Drum – First Edition 1962
£225.00
A first edition, first printing of The Tin Drum by Günter Grass, published by Secker and Warburg, London in 1962. A fine book free from internal inscriptions, bumping to the spine tips, light shelf wear to rear board, crimson top stain to text block, with some shelf wear to fore-edge and spotting to bottom edge of text block. In a near fine unclipped wrapper, light chipping to the spine tips and knuckles of front and rear flap folds, toning to the spine and rear panel.
The Tin Drum by Günter Grass is a landmark post-war German novel blending satire, history and magical realism. It follows Oskar Matzerath, a boy who refuses to grow beyond age three, expressing defiance against adulthood and a corrupted society. Beating his tin drum, Oskar becomes both witness and commentator on Nazi Germany and post-war Europe. Grass explores guilt, memory and complicity through grotesque humour and surreal imagery, making the novel a cornerstone of modern literature.
The novel is the first book of Grass’s Danziger Trilogie (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.
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A first edition, first printing of The Tin Drum by Günter Grass, published by Secker and Warburg, London in 1962. A fine book free from internal inscriptions, bumping to the spine tips, light shelf wear to rear board, crimson top stain to text block, with some shelf wear to fore-edge and spotting to bottom edge of text block. In a near fine unclipped wrapper, light chipping to the spine tips and knuckles of front and rear flap folds, toning to the spine and rear panel.
The Tin Drum by Günter Grass is a landmark post-war German novel blending satire, history and magical realism. It follows Oskar Matzerath, a boy who refuses to grow beyond age three, expressing defiance against adulthood and a corrupted society. Beating his tin drum, Oskar becomes both witness and commentator on Nazi Germany and post-war Europe. Grass explores guilt, memory and complicity through grotesque humour and surreal imagery, making the novel a cornerstone of modern literature.
The novel is the first book of Grass’s Danziger Trilogie (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.
