Danzig Trilogy of Gunter Grass: A Study of the Tin Drum, Cat and Mouse, and Dog Years

by John Reddick

Book Overview

A critical examination of Grass's work offers overwhelming evidence that Cat and Mouse and Dog Years are part of a unified structure begun by The Tin Drum and that they continue to explore the same key figures, themes, and symbols. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0156238292
• ISBN13: 9780156238298
• Release Date: October 1975
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

The Tin Drum

I can't say that it's the kind of book I read without putting down. It took me four years to read it in German, it was a project from which I learned more German, to like Gunther Grass and to look at midgets or short people in a different way. For me they now stand for Oskar, the main character of the book a boy who shatters windows and glasses of his teacher, makes the Nazis dance to the wrong tune, loves nurses and much more. It's a wonderful book. I recently read a list of the 50 favorite books of Germans. This one was number 48 for them. It's close to number one for me. It's a wonderful book -whether it takes you a week or 4 years.

Well worth reading

I have read the book in the original language (German)and I couldn't put it down until I was done.I dont know if it is just as good translated, but I love his choice of words and the pictures he is painting with them.I mainly read the book, because I am interested in the history of that time,place and the people. If that is what you are looking for, this book is a must.

A great set, great value

If you can't check these out at a library (or can't just have these great works for just a few weeks) this trilogy is for you. Tin Drum, in my opinion, is the best of the set, expressing oppression and pain with the best of Grass's stark realism and sardonic wit.