DW book expert David Levitz about ′The Tin Drum′ by Günter Grass | 100 German Must-Reads - a unique list of 100 works of German literature published in English | DW | 05.10.2018

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DW book expert David Levitz about 'The Tin Drum' by Günter Grass

AAAAAAAAH! Young Oskar Matzerath's voice is so piercing that it can shatter glass. That unusual ability isn't the narrator's only unnerving tic in Günter Grass' famous "The Tin Drum.

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