That character, Oskar Matzerath, stopped growing at age three.
One author from this country wrote a novel in which Tony has two disastrous marriages, Thomas dies of a toothache, and the titular family dies out when the pianist Hanno dies of typhus. Another author from this country wrote about the destruction of St. Anthony's Abbey by Robert Faehmel, the grandson of its architect. In a third work from this country, Jan Bronski dies in a fight for the Polish Post Office, while the protagonist robs stores by shattering glass with a scream. That character, Oskar Matzerath, stopped growing at age three. For 10 points, name this country home to the author of The Tin Drum, Gunter Grass, who was president of the Berlin Academy of Arts.
One author from this country wrote a novel in which Tony has two disastrous marriages, Thomas dies of a toothache, and the titular family dies out when the pianist Hanno dies of typhus.
Federal Republic of Germany [Accept Bundesrepublik Deutschland.]