Feb 11 2007
The tin drum
I just finished reading the Tin Drum, by Gunter-Grass. It was a ‘difficult’ book, and took me quite some time to read – but it was also brilliant. I liked it, and enjoyed most of it. It was hard to get into.
It really reminded me of Salman Rushdie’s books (and Marquez as well) – it’s a fictional auto-biography of the main character. There’s a lot of historic information (passing-by, sort of), some fantasy here and there, funny and sad at the same time. And I like it when the story goes through several generations of the family.
So. A good book, and recommended 