What Fiction are you reading this week, January 21, 2024?

[Ponietz]

2. The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass translated by Breon Mitchell

A 500+ page poem I rate with Cervantes and Dostoevsky. Without doubt one of the best books.

From goodreads:

The Tin Drum uses savage comedy & a stiff dose of magical realism to capture not only the madness of war, but also the black cancer at the heart of humanity that allows such degradations to occur. Grass wields his humor like a knife--yes, he'll make you laugh, but he'll make you bleed, as well. There've been many novels written about WWII, but only a handful can truly be called great; The Tin Drum, without a doubt, is one.--Alix Wilber

[link:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25888532-the-tin-drum]