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Presents the correspondence of Thomas and Heinrich Mann
A succinct introduction to the life and works of Thomas Mann, addressing both his literary texts and his personal life.
This is the first up-to-date biography in English of Thomas Mann (1875-1955), perhaps the greatest German novelist of the twentieth century. Mann was the author of several classics of modern European fiction, including Death in Venice, The Magic Mountain, Buddenbrooks, and The Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Trickster, the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, and a staunch opponent of Nazism (which eventually drove him intoexile). Celebrated biographer Donald Prater traces Mann's life and work, from his upbringing in Lubeck, through his years in Munich, his exile in the US, and his last years in Switzerland. He discusses Mann's relationship with his novelist brother Heinrich, his...
Jeffrey Meyers has written acclaimed biographies of many of the most influential authors of the twentieth century, but none has affected him as deeply as Thomas Mann. From his first youthful encounter with Death in Venice, Meyers has cultivated a lifetime obsession with Mann's elegant style, penetrating irony, and insight into the life of the artist.Admirers of Thomas Mann and of Jeffrey Meyers's biographies will find in this remarkable book the best introduction to one of the greatest writers of the modern age.
Six early stories, previously published only by Sun & Moon Press, by the great German Nobel Prize winner, Thomas Mann.
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Through a chronological examination of each piece of Thomas Mann's short fiction, this sweeping study analyzes the continuous flow of Mann's work and thus traces his emotional and intellectual development. It draws heavily on Mann's letters and diaries, and reveals the relationship of his short fiction to his major novels.