<DIV><DIV><DIV><P></P><P></P><P></P><P></P><DIV><I>The Tin Drum</I>, one of the great novels of the twentieth century, was published in Ralph Manheim's outstanding translation in 1959. It became a runaway bestseller and catapulted its young author to the forefront of world literature.<BR></DIV><DIV><DIV>This fiftieth anniversary edition, translated by Breon<BR>Mitchell, is more faithful to Grass's style and rhythm, restores omissions, and reflects more fully the complexity of the original work.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>After fifty years, <I>The Tin Drum</I> has, if anything, gained in power and relevance. All of Grass's amazing evocations are still there, and still amazing: Oskar Matzerath, the indomitable drummer; his grandmother, Anna Koljaiczek; his mother, Agnes; Alfred Matzerath and Jan Bronski, his presumptive fathers. And Oskar's midget friends?Bebra, the great circus master, and Roswitha Raguna, the famous somnambulist; Sister Scholastica and Sister Agatha, the Right Reverend Father Wiehnke, the Greffs, the Schefflers, Herr Fajngold, all Kashubians, Poles, Germans, and Jews?waiting to be discovered and rediscovered.<BR></DIV></DIV><P><P></P><U><P></P><DIV></U></DIV><P></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>