Mann began working on The Magic Mountain in 1912, following a few
weeks' visit to a sanatorium in Switzerland. Twelve years later the
novel that had begun as a short story appeared in two long volumes.
The war that had postponed the book's completion had "incalculably
enriched its content." Now it was a massive meditation on "the
inner significance of an epoch, the pre-war period of European
history." It was an immense international success from the time of
its publication.
The Magic Mountain is the story of an unassuming, undistinguished
young engineer named Hans Castorp who sits on the balcony of a
sanatorium, wrapped in his camel's hair blanket, thermometer in his
mouth, naively but earnestly pondering the meaning of life, time,
and his love for the beautiful Frau Chauchat. Among the other
characters on this Germanic ship of fools are the malapropian Frau
Stohr; Hofrat Behrens, the head doctor, and his hearty but
sick-looking sidekick, Dr. Krokowski; Ludovico Settembrini, the
enlightened humanist; Han's noble cousin Joachim Ziemssen; and
Hermine Kleefeld, who, with her whistling pneumothorax, is the
pride of the Half-Lung Club. In this community organization
completely in reference to disease, Hans Castrop achieves a kind of
transcendence unimaginable in the world of the "flatlands" below
him.
General
| Imprint: |
Everyman's Library USA
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series |
| Release date: |
June 2005 |
| First published: |
June 2005 |
| Authors: |
Thomas Mann
|
| Translators: |
John E. Woods
|
| Introduction by: |
A.S. Byatt
|
| Dimensions: |
211 x 135 x 42mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
854 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4000-4421-4 |
| Languages: |
English
|
| Subtitles: |
German
|
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
1-4000-4421-9 |
| Barcode: |
9781400044214 |
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