Thomas Mann
Paperback | Pages: 706 pages Rating: 4.14 | 32120 Users | 1955 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Der Zauberberg |
| ISBN: | 0679772871 (ISBN13: 9780679772873) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Hans Castorp, Ludovico Settembrini, Joachim Ziemssen, Hermine Kleefeld, Clavdia Chauchat, Pieter Peeperkorn |
| Setting: | Switzerland Italy Davos(Switzerland) …more Hamburg(Germany) …less |
| Literary Awards: | Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize for John E. Woods (1996) |
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In this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Mann uses a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps, a community devoted exclusively to sickness, as a microcosm for Europe, which in the years before 1914 was already exhibiting the first symptoms of its own terminal irrationality. The Magic Mountain is a monumental work of erudition and irony, sexual tension and intellectual ferment, a book that pulses with life in the midst of death.Define Of Books The Magic Mountain
| Title | : | The Magic Mountain |
| Author | : | Thomas Mann |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 706 pages |
| Published | : | 1996 by Vintage (first published 1924) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Classics. European Literature. German Literature. Literature. Philosophy. Novels. Cultural. Germany |
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Ratings: 4.14 From 32120 Users | 1955 ReviewsArticle Of Books The Magic Mountain
706. Der Zauberberg = The Magic Mountain, Thomas MannThe Magic Mountain is a novel by Thomas Mann, first published in November 1924. It is widely considered to be one of the most influential works of 20th century German literature. The narrative opens in the decade before World War I. It introduces the protagonist, Hans Castorp, the only child of a Hamburg merchant family. Following the early death of his parents, Castorp has been brought up by his grandfather and later, by a maternal uncleSocratic Dialogues"The Magic Mountain" is a sequel to Death in Venice.Just as Platos Socratic Dialogues were the foundation of the novella, they guide the narrative of "TMM", a "Bildungsroman" that is concerned with the education of the protagonist, Hans Castorp, during the seven year period from ages 23 to 30.Castorp doesnt so much learn or grow by his physical actions. The character development is intellectual, a development which is equally apparent in both the author and the reader.Because
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a contestant for the spot of my absolute favorite novel. The judgment is only being withheld due to the fact that I currently don't have a review for Of Human Bondage, so no accurate comparison can be made as of yet. However. It must be said that if the previous book gave me hope for the human condition, this one explosively revitalized my admiration for the human ideal.Few people write like this nowadays. Most don't appreciate their world and its myriad ideas and
I am in a good mood today!Which should be readily apparent, because if I were not, this book would probably have received only two stars from menot as a reflection of its literary quality per se, but rather as a reflection of my own reaction to it.Here is what happened yesterday: I finished this book and tossed it forcefully onto the coffee table next to me in what may be seen as a transparent attempt to attract attention to myself (which is something I tend to do often) and sure enough someone
Imagine being stuck in a place where all sense of time is lost in the web of inactivity, a place which enables people to lead a life devoid of any greater purpose and only focused on recuperation from a queer illness, a place almost hermetically sealed and self-controlled, successfully keeping the repercussions of wars and diplomatic feuds between nations at bay. Imagine being rid of all your earthly woes of finding means of survival and all the elements that stand as pillars supporting the
Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain: "An ordinary young man was on his way from his hometown Hamburg to Davos-Platz in the canton of Graubünden. It was the height of summer, and he planned to stay for three weeks."Here we are introduced to Hans Castorp (one of my all-time favorite bumbling protagonists) with a load of telling adjectives. Mann insists that he is a young man (although he will act like an old man in many ways) and ordinary (and we will see that this was probably a fatal flaw in being
At the risk of being labelled a Philistine, I declare that this book is one of the most insufferably boring tomes that has ever made it onto my bedside table. I admit that I only struggled my way through the first 170 pages, but that was enough to convince me that I should not waste any more minutes of my precious life wading through any more of this drivel. I know, I have also been chastised for criticising modern art in the same way. Tracey Emin's "Unmade Bed" and Thomas Mann's "The Magic
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