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The Magic Mountain
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Just to be clear, I've only read the Lowe-Porter translation, though I plan at some point to follow Mann's advice and give it a once-again with the new Woods version. For those not accustomed to fairly dense or philosophical works of fiction, the task here presented to the reader will likely prove new and exciting. I'm not going to say "difficult" or... »
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Death in Venice: And Seven Other Stories
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This is my first time reading Thomas Mann, save for the few excerpts that appear in college literature studies. Thomas Mann is notorious for his lengthy sentences and his never-ending novels, so I picked this as a gentle introduction to his works.
Even just flipping through the short stories will give an impression of how versatile and varied Man... »
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Death in Venice
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This is a wonderful novella, written as a self-reflective piece about Mann's own life and how he imagined dying a beautiful death. The descriptions of Venice are beautiful, as are the classical references. The death scene is quite nice, turning from one perspective to another, gently.... »
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Death in Venice
While I was visiting Venice last month, I stopped into a bookstore and bought a copy of "Death in Venice" because it seemed like appropriate reading for t... »
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Death in Venice (Dover Thrift Editions)
Thomas Mann has taken an ages old theme, the attraction of an older, worn out man for a youthful boy, dressed it up in a series of classical allusions, an... »
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The Magic Mountain (Everyman's Library)
"The Magic Mountain" is a lengthy extension of a comical short story of a passive, unremarkable upper middle class gentleman. World War I caused Mann to u... »
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