The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum
Cover of the first German edition
AuthorGünter Grass
Original titleDie Blechtrommel
TranslatorRalph Manheim, Breon Mitchell
Cover artistGünter Grass
LanguageGerman
SeriesDanzig Trilogy
GenreMagic realism
PublisherHermann Luchterhand Verlag
Publication date
1959
Publication placeWest Germany
Published in English
1961
Pages576
OCLC3618781
833.914
Followed byCat 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.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "The hypocrite's halo". The Washington Times. 20 August 2006.
  2. ^ Jeffrey Hart. "Response to "How the Right Went Wrong"". Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. Archived from the original on 28 December 2006.
  3. ^ "IMDb: The Tin Drum (1979)". IMDb.