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The portions where characters are conversing in french are not in translation. At the age of 25, he published his first novel, buddenbrooks. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Description book the magic mountain by thomas mann. 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. Thomas manns 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. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the magic mountain. May 19, 2010 a few days ago i finished thomas manns 1924 novel the magic mountain. The magic mountain, as well as being a german myth, is a parody of the bildungsroman, in which a young man goes out into the world, and discovers his nature through his encounters.
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