Жестяной барабан: роман

Odin iz vazhneĭshikh romanov sovremennosti, voshedshikh v poslevoennyĭ kanon evropeĭskoĭ literatury, vpervye byl izdan v 1959 godu. Ego geroĭ - "malenʹkiĭ chelovek" Oskar Mat͡serat, detstvo kotorogo prikhoditsi͡a na gody zarozhdenii͡a nat͡sional-sot͡sializma. Osoznavai͡a absurdnostʹ deĭstvitelʹnosti, on reshaet perestatʹ rasti i otkazyvaetsi͡a stanovitʹsi͡a vzroslym. Ego postoi͡annyĭ sputnik - zhesti͡anoĭ baraban: otbivai͡a na nem ritm, Oskar vyrazhaet svoe otnoshenie k okruzhai͡ushchemu. Bezzhalostnym, sarkastichnym i v to zhe vremi͡a pronit͡satelʹnym vzgli͡adom nabli͡udateli͡a "snizu" pokazana zhiznʹ v Tretʹem reĭkhe, atmosfera mira obyvateleĭ, porozhdai͡ushchai͡a ravnodushie ko vse vozrastai͡ushchemu strashnomu zlu. Roman, v grotesknoĭ forme otrazivshiĭ istorii͡u Germanii XX veka, prines svoemu avtoru mirovui͡u izvestnostʹ. . . . li͡ubovʹ ne znaet vremeni, a nadezhda ne imeet kont͡sa, a vera ne znaet granit͡s, lishʹ znanie i neznanie privi͡azany ko vremeni i k granit͡sam. Dli͡a shirokogo kruga chitateleĭ, t͡seniteleĭ mirovoĭ klassiki. . . . individualʹnostʹ bezvozvratno utrachena, potomu chto chelovek odinok, kazhdyĭ chelovek ravno odinok, ne imeet prava na individualʹnoe odinochestvo i vkhodit v bezymi͡annui͡u i lishennui͡u geroizma odinokui͡u tolpu.

One of the most important novels of our time, included in the post-war canon of European literature, was first published in 1959. His hero is the "little man" Oskar Matzerath, whose childhood falls during the years of the birth of National Socialism. Realizing the absurdity of reality, he decides to stop growing and refuses to become an adult. His constant companion is a tin drum: beating a rhythm on it, Oscar expresses his attitude to others. Through the ruthless, sarcastic and at the same time penetrating gaze of an observer "from below", life in the Third Reich is shown, the atmosphere of the world of ordinary people, generating indifference to the ever-increasing terrible evil. The novel, which grotesquely reflected the history of Germany in the 20th century, brought its author worldwide fame. Love knows no time, and hope has no end, and faith knows no boundaries, only knowledge and ignorance are tied to time and boundaries. For a wide range of readers, connoisseurs of world classics. individuality is irretrievably lost, because a person is alone, every person is equally alone, has no right to individual loneliness and enters a nameless and heroless lonely crowd.