About This Book
Acclaimed as the greatest German novel written since the end of World War II , The Tin Drum is the autobiography of thirty-year-old Oskar Matzerath who has lived through the long Nazi nightmare and who, as the novel begins, is being held in a mental institution. Willfully stunting his growth at thre...
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15h 17m
slow reader
180 WPM
11h 0m
average reader
250 WPM
7h 51m
fast reader
350 WPM
📖 165,000 words📅 22 days at 30 min/day
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12 h 13 min
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Audio 2x
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