SPANISH LANGUAGE MATERIALS

El Tambor de Hojalata

by Joaquin Mortiz
978-8-46630-918-9.
COPY ISBN
German Nobel laureate Grass burst onto the literary scene in 1959 with what many consider one of the best postwar novels to that date. Grass recounts here the story of Oskar Mazerath, who knew he did not want to be born while still in utero. Nevertheless, Oskar makes his first appearance in the prewar free city of Danzig (now Polish Gdansk) like an ber-enfant terrible and begins a series of (mis)adventures with his symbol, the tin drum, that lead him through the Nazi era and beyond. One more extraordinary thing about Oskar is that at age three he refuses to grow anymore. [Recommended for bookstores and libraries with literary Spanish-language collections.—Ed.] [LJ 9/1/09]
Reviewed by Staff , Apr 01, 2010

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