Danzig Trilogy

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The Danzig Trilogy is a series of novels by Günter Grass that portrays life in the Free City of Danzig before, during, and after World War II through elements of magic realism and dark satire.

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Danzig Trilogy canonical 9
The Danzig Trilogy 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary trilogy
novel
novella
author Günter Grass
Günter Grass
Günter Grass
Günter Grass
countryOfOrigin Germany
depicts impact of World War II on civilians
life of ethnic Germans in Danzig
rise of National Socialism
genre historical fiction
magic realism
magic realism
picaresque novel
satire
hasPart Cat and Mouse
Dog Years
The Tin Drum
language German
literaryMovement postwar German literature
mainCharacter Oskar Matzerath
mainThemes German history
Nazism
guilt
memory
war and its aftermath
notableFor blend of fantasy and historical events
use of unreliable narration
originalLanguage German
German
German
partOf Danzig Trilogy
Danzig Trilogy
Danzig Trilogy
publicationYear 1959
1961
1963
setting Danzig
linked to: Gdańsk

Danzig
linked to: Gdańsk

Free City of Danzig
settingPeriod after World War II
before World War II
during World War II

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Tin Drum series Danzig Trilogy
Cat and Mouse partOfSeries Danzig Trilogy
Dog Years partOf Danzig Trilogy
Die Blechtrommel partOf Danzig Trilogy
The Tin Drum partOf Danzig Trilogy
subject linked to: Danzig Trilogy
Cat and Mouse partOf Danzig Trilogy
subject linked to: Danzig Trilogy
Dog Years partOf Danzig Trilogy
subject linked to: Danzig Trilogy
Oskar Matzerath fictionalUniverse The Danzig Trilogy
linked to: Danzig Trilogy
Eduard Amsel partOf Danzig Trilogy
Hundejahre partOf Danzig Trilogy