The main character's grandmother at one point hid Joseph Koljaiczek in her skirts, while the man who gives him his last name swallows his Nazi party pin and dies when the Russians invade.
The main character of this novel seduces Lena, and one of the main character's friends is killed by a ship's axe after trying to make love to a wooden figurehead called Niobe. The main character uses one of his talents to help Jan steal a necklace for his mother, and during a visit to a cathedral places the title object in the hands of the baby Jesus. The main character's grandmother at one point hid Joseph Koljaiczek in her skirts, while the man who gives him his last name swallows his Nazi party pin and dies when the Russians invade. The protagonist's voice can shatter glass, and he decides to stop growing at age three. For ten points, identify this novel about Oskar Matzerath, the first work in Gunther Grass' Danzig Trilogy.
The main character of this novel seduces Lena, and one of the main character's friends is killed by a ship's axe after trying to make love to a wooden figurehead called Niobe.
The Tin Drum