The main characters of this fiction, classics story are hans castorp, ludovico settembrini. Mann was well aware of his books elusiveness, but offered few clues about approaches to the text. Thomas manns the magic mountain by rodney symington. To this hermetic and otherworldly realm comes hans castorp, an ordinary young man who arrives for a short visit and ends up staying. Apr 26, 2011 works such as thomas pynchons v and roberto bolanos 2666 come to mind. The magic mountain is a novel by thomas mann, first published in german in november 1924.
The magic mountain takes place in an exclusive tuberculosis sanatorium in the swiss alpsa community devoted to sickness that serves as a fictional microcosm. In the novels opening pages, it is described as the highest of the. Thomas manns magnum opus is a novel that portends the destruction of european civilization a destruction that really had ravaged the land just a decade prior to publication in 1924 through the dark, pathological eyeglass of a swiss sanatorium. The magic mountain ebook epub electronic book the magic mountain by thomas mann for iphone, ipad txt format version, file with page numbers the magic mountain by thomas mann kindle edition with audio multimedia cd video hardcover new or used, cheap audiobook pric theres also other a. Thomas manns classic is among the top five to ten of my list of favorite novels, one, like gravitys rainbow or mickelssons ghosts, that i will reread every few years or so. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of the magic mountain by thomas mann.
In 1924 the magic mountain was published, and, five years later, mann was awarded the nobel prize for literature. Mann was born in 1875, just four years after the creation of the modern state of germany and the failed revolutionary commune of france. Thomas mann the magic mountain dramatization youtube. In his note on the making of the magic mountain, written 25 years after the novels publication, thomas mann makes of his. The magic mountain, published in 1924, is not a historical novel but a novel about historyabout a time just past whose ramifications have yet to fully unfold. Although the novel is set in a specific timeperiod 19071914, it is far more than merely a novel about the seven years preceding the first world war. This classic novel of career invalids snowbound in the swiss alps is much more fun than its reputation suggests. This documentary is one of the ten episodes of the modern world. Where disease appears as the prerequisite of spiritual growth, mann plays his favorite theme of the polarity between spirit and life. The magic mountain is a classic of european literature and is regarded as manns opus. Apr 26, 2016 thomas mann the magic mountain dramatization licenseless rider. At its very worst, castorps tuberculosis is a mild case.
Five thomas mann novels that are now considered classics. I believe the magic mountain by thomas mann is another one of them. The magic mountain by thomas mann the 53rd greatest fiction. The magic mountain begins with a short but important introduction. A book i return to every couple of years, the magic mountain is simply one of the greatest novels ever written. During his threeweek visit to a sanatorium, thomas mann actually contracted a serious cough and was advised by the assistant of the institution to join his wife in her rest cure. The magic mountain shows to great effect manns use of physical disease as a metaphor for spiritual malaise. The magic mountain, thomas mann 1924, english translated from the german by john e.
Thomas mann has 657 books on goodreads with 384248 ratings. The magic mountain by thomas mann books the guardian. The magic mountaintakes place in an exclusive tuberculosis sanatorium in the swiss alpsa community devoted to sickness that serves as a fictional microcosm for europe in the days before the first world war. It is widely considered to be one of the most influential works of twentiethcentury german literature. In this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, mann uses a sanatoriu. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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. The magic mountain is also a novel about disease, not merely of individuals, but also of a whole age. Thomas manns the magic mountain was conceived in the 1910s, which is when the bulk of the novel takes place. In the context of the broad metaphysical struggles that form the heart of the book, the magic mountain is also, in an indirect manner, deeply. Thomas mann s most popular book is the magic mountain. About the magic mountain cliffsnotes study guides book. The magic mountain by thomas mann penguin books australia. The magic mountain takes place in an exclusive tuberculosis sanatorium in the swiss alpsa community devoted to sickness that serves as a fictional microcosm for europe in the days before the first world war.
As with any classic novel, it works on numerous levels, is grand in. Certainly sensitive and possibly even susceptible to the lures of life at a tuberculosis sanatorium, he declined. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 706 pages and is available in paperback format. A study guide for thomas mann s the magic mountain, excerpted from gales acclaimed novels for students series. The berghof as a symbol of decadence in european society prior to world war i. Jan 20, 2017 bbc documentary about thomas mann played by greek tv in 1990. Mann started writing what was to become the magic mountain in 1912.
The magic mountain project gutenberg selfpublishing. It is widely considered to be one of the most influential works of 20th century german literature. Buy the magic mountain new ed by mann, thomas isbn. The magic mountain essays are academic essays for citation. Buddenbrooks may be the precociously brilliant debut, death in venice the smallbutperfectlyformed novella, but for me, manns real masterpiece is his sprawling snowbound epic of 1924, the magic. The magic mountain is a novel by thomas mann, first published in november 1924. He was only twentyfive when his first novel, buddenbrooks, was published. With this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, thomas mann rose to the front ranks of the great modern novelists, winning the nobel prize in literature in 1929. The type often begins in the middle of the page and the type is preposterously small.
Thomas mann tells us this will have to be a very long book, since he wants to tell the story of a person, and a person is built up very slowly by important details of his or her past. Thomas mann s novel the magic mountain presents a panorama of european society in the first two decades of the 20th century and depicts the philosophical and metaphysical dilemmas facing people in the modern age. It introduces the protagonist, hans castorp, the only child. 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. Mann chillingly foresaw the disintegrating faith in reason and the corresponding surrender to the irrational that only a few years later produced adolf hitler and caused manns own. To think of the magic mountain as written by an author of a nationality other than central european is quite impossible. Thomas mann s classic is among the top five to ten of my list of favorite novels, one, like gravitys rainbow or mickelssons ghosts, that i will reread every few years or so. The narrative opens in the decade before world war i. A study guide for thomas manns the magic mountain on.
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