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Meet Oskar Matzerath, "the eternal three-year-old drummer." On his third birthday, Oskar makes a pivotal decision: he will never grow up or become a politician or grocer, remaining forever in his childhood attire. This story, akin to a dark Peter Pan tale, unfolds in Danzig, a city on the Polish-German border, where the Nazis replace Captain Hook and his pirates. First published in 1959, the narrative captures the tumult of the Nazi era, filled with corrupt politicians and brutal grocers. Oskar's world is marked by chilling events, such as a grocer who, amidst the burning synagogue, takes the opportunity to warm himself by the flames. As Oskar ages without growing taller, the specter of war looms larger, culminating in Danzig becoming a battleground in 1939, where residents turn against one another. Oskar embarks on a series of picaresque adventures, joining traveling musicians, leading anarchists, falling in love, and eventually becoming a recording artist. After the war, he is convicted of murder and confined to a mental hospital. The narrative employs savage comedy and magical realism to explore the madness of war and humanity's darker impulses. Grass’s humor cuts deep, evoking both laughter and pain, solidifying this work as one of the great novels about World War II.
Nákup knihy
De blikken trommel, Günter Grass
- Jazyk
- Rok vydania
- 2001
- Väzba
- (pevná)
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- Titul
- De blikken trommel
- Jazyk
- holandsky
- Autori
- Günter Grass
- Vydavateľ
- Areopagus
- Rok vydania
- 2001
- Väzba
- pevná
- Počet strán
- 525
- ISBN10
- 9051083785
- ISBN13
- 9789051083781
- Série
- Gdaňská trilógia
- Štítky
- Beletria, Historické téma, Historické romány, Nemecká literatúra, Klasika, Nemecko, Vojnová próza, Vojny, Druhá svetová vojna, Sfilmované, Nacizmus, Magický realizmus, Poľsko, Psychiatria, Nobelova cena, Bestsellery, Povojnove obdobie, Stredoeurópska literatúra, Gdaňsk, Pikareskné romány
- Prvé vydanie
- 1959
- Pôvodný názov
- Die Blechtrommel
- Hodnotenie
- 3,95 z 5
- Anotácia
- Meet Oskar Matzerath, "the eternal three-year-old drummer." On his third birthday, Oskar makes a pivotal decision: he will never grow up or become a politician or grocer, remaining forever in his childhood attire. This story, akin to a dark Peter Pan tale, unfolds in Danzig, a city on the Polish-German border, where the Nazis replace Captain Hook and his pirates. First published in 1959, the narrative captures the tumult of the Nazi era, filled with corrupt politicians and brutal grocers. Oskar's world is marked by chilling events, such as a grocer who, amidst the burning synagogue, takes the opportunity to warm himself by the flames. As Oskar ages without growing taller, the specter of war looms larger, culminating in Danzig becoming a battleground in 1939, where residents turn against one another. Oskar embarks on a series of picaresque adventures, joining traveling musicians, leading anarchists, falling in love, and eventually becoming a recording artist. After the war, he is convicted of murder and confined to a mental hospital. The narrative employs savage comedy and magical realism to explore the madness of war and humanity's darker impulses. Grass’s humor cuts deep, evoking both laughter and pain, solidifying this work as one of the great novels about World War II.