The Tin Drum

榮獲1999年諾貝爾文學獎　　

　　《錫鼓》是葛拉斯的長篇小說代表作。亦莊亦諧的筆觸，諷刺現實處，既辛辣又貼切，如同觀賞一齣荒謬劇，教人捧腹，又無法忽視其蘊藏的悲劇基調。

　　Acclaimed as the greatest German novel written since the end of World War II, The Tim Drum is the autobiography of thirty-year-old Oskar Matzerath, who has lived through the long Nazi nightmare and who, as the stunting his growth at three feet for many years, wielding his tin drum and piercing scream as anarahistic weapons, he provides a profound yet hilarious perspective on both German history and the human condition in the modern world.

　　Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim