April 26, 2019—The Tin Drum by Günter Grass

The next meeting of Great Books KC will be April 26, 2019. We'll be discussing The Tin Drum by Günter Grass.  

Meeting Information:

Location: Plaza Branch Kansas City Public Library
Small Meeting Room
Date: April 26, 2019
Time: 7:00 pm
Address: 4801 Main Street
Kansas City, MO

Information about the book:
The Tin Drum is a 1959 by Günter Grass, a German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. Critical reception has generally accepted it as a classic of post-World War II literature. The novel is strongly political in nature, although it goes beyond a political novel in the writing's stylistic plurality. There are elements of allegory, myth and legend, placing it in the genre of magic realism. The Tin Drum has religious overtones, both Jewish and Christian. The main character holds conversations with both Jesus and Satan throughout the book. His gang members call him "Jesus", then he refers to himself as "Satan" later in the book.