Mario and the Magician by Thomas Mann
Mann’s short stories explore his abiding interest in the split nature of humanity and the discordance of the world it inhabits. In ‘A Man and his Dog’, domestic tempests are symbols of the muddle of humanity. In ‘The Black Swan’, the demands of intellect clash with physical desires. And in ‘Mario and the Magician’ a young family on holiday in Italy encounters a creepy entertainer: Cipolla, a hypnotist with a fascist-like will to control his audience.
Written between 1918 and 1953, this collection shows the literary development of one of Germany’s most important writers.
The greatest German novelist of the 20th century * Spectator *
A monumental writer * Sunday Telegraph *
Mann is Germany's outstanding modern classic, a decadent representative of the tradition of Goethe and SchillerWith his famous irony, he was up there with Schopenhauer, Nietzsche and Freud, holding together the modern world with a love of art and imagination to compensate for the emptiness left by social and religious collapse * Independent *
Probably the greatest of modern German novelists * New York Times *
A monumental writer * Sunday Telegraph *
Mann is Germany's outstanding modern classic, a decadent representative of the tradition of Goethe and SchillerWith his famous irony, he was up there with Schopenhauer, Nietzsche and Freud, holding together the modern world with a love of art and imagination to compensate for the emptiness left by social and religious collapse * Independent *
Probably the greatest of modern German novelists * New York Times *
Thomas Mann (1875-1955) is widely regarded as the greatest German novelist of the twentieth century. His first novel, Buddenbrooks, was a huge success and led to a Nobel Prize in Literature. However, when the Nazis came to power, his works were blacklisted and burned and Mann was stripped of his citizenship. He spent the latter part of his life in exile in the United States and Switzerland. His other major novels include The Magic Mountain, Doctor Faustus and Joseph and His Brothers.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780749386627 |
| ISBN 10 | 0749386622 |
| Title | Mario and the Magician |
| Author | Thomas Mann |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1996-10-28 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
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