In this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, mann uses a sanatorium in the swiss alpsa community devoted exclusively to sicknessas a microcosm for europe, which in. The main characters of this classics, european literature story are. I lingered through this novel, never truly wanting to reach the end, knowing how difficult it would be to find comparable reading. Like many readers, i often felt it went on too long, but that is part of the point mann is making about the nature of time. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. The magic mountainearned him the nobel prize for literature in 1929 early literary endeavours. Online books about this author are available, as is a wikipedia article. The book was published in multiple languages including german, consists of 494 pages and is available in paperback format. It is widely considered to be one of the most influential works of twentiethcentury german literature mann started writing what was to become the magic mountain in 1912. The main characters of this fiction, classics story are hans castorp, ludovico settembrini.
Praised highly by mann himself, weigands book originally published in 1933 is an essential piece of criticism on mann s monumental novel. Thomas mann mann, thomas, 18751955 the online books page. Hans castorp reist ins schweizerische davos, um seinen lungenkranken vetter joachim zu besuchen. In this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, mann uses a sanatorium in the swiss alpsa community. To tell the story of mynheer peeperkorn within the framework of the total novel, thomas mann needs four subchapters. The first edition of the novel was published in 1924, and was written by thomas mann. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. It is widely considered to be one of the most influential works of twentiethcentury german literature. Books by mann, thomas sorted by popularity project. Studienarbeit aus dem jahr 2012 im fachbereich germanistik neuere deutsche literatur, note. 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. Thomas mann books list of books by author thomas mann. The book was published in multiple languages including german, consists of 1008 pages and is available in paperback format.
In this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, mann uses a sanatoriu. H t loweporter a sanatorium in the swiss alps reflects the societal ills of pretwentiethcentury europe, and a young marine engineer rises from his life of anonymity to become a pivotal character in a story about. Thomas mann won the nobel prize for literature not too shabby. For months, i found myself completely absorbed in the world of hans castorp. Mann started writing what was to become the magic mountain in 1912. The first edition of the novel was published in 1918, and was written by heinrich mann. It is widely considered to be one of the most influential works of 20th century german literature. Seine werke sind fester bestandteil des kanons an deutschen schulen. Dat zetje geef ik hem met graagte, want dat verdient dit boek. It began as a much shorter narrative which revisited in a comic manner aspects of death in venice, a novella.