The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
Title: Der Zauberberg (The Magic Mountain)
Author: Thomas Mann
Translator: John E. Woods
Published: 1924 (2005)
Pages: 854
Source: Borrowed from the library
Summary: "The Magic Mountain takes place in an exclusive tuberculosis sanatorium in the Swiss Alps-a community devoted to sickness that serves as a fictional microcosm for Europe in the days before the First World War. To this hermetic and otherworldly realm comes Hans Castorp, an “ordinary young man” who arrives for a short visit and ends up staying for seven years, during which he succumbs both to the lure of eros and to the intoxication of ideas." --from the jacket.
Review: This was a very well written work that, if I hadn't been reading it for this project, I probably would have given up on by page two hundred. Not knowing a great deal about Pre-WWI Europe or the various philosophies the characters represented, I'm sure I missed a great deal, so I don't actually have much to say. However, if one is willing persevere, the book is worth the read.
Author: Thomas Mann
Translator: John E. Woods
Published: 1924 (2005)
Pages: 854
Source: Borrowed from the library
Summary: "The Magic Mountain takes place in an exclusive tuberculosis sanatorium in the Swiss Alps-a community devoted to sickness that serves as a fictional microcosm for Europe in the days before the First World War. To this hermetic and otherworldly realm comes Hans Castorp, an “ordinary young man” who arrives for a short visit and ends up staying for seven years, during which he succumbs both to the lure of eros and to the intoxication of ideas." --from the jacket.
Review: This was a very well written work that, if I hadn't been reading it for this project, I probably would have given up on by page two hundred. Not knowing a great deal about Pre-WWI Europe or the various philosophies the characters represented, I'm sure I missed a great deal, so I don't actually have much to say. However, if one is willing persevere, the book is worth the read.