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5* The Magic Mountain
4* Death in Venice
4* Tonio Kröger
5* Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
3.5* Royal Highness
TR The Holy Sinner
TR Mario and the Magician
TR Joseph and His Brothers
TR Doctor Faustus
About Thomas Mann:
TR Brothers in Exile: A Novel of the Lives and Loves of Thomas and Heinrich Mann ...more
I made the proofing of this book for Free Literature and Project Gutenberg will publish it.
5* The Magic Mountain
4* Death in Venice
4* Tonio Kröger
5* Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
3.5* Royal Highness
TR The Holy Sinner
TR Mario and the Magician
TR Joseph and His Brothers
TR Doctor Faustus
About Thomas Mann:
TR Brothers in Exile: A Novel of the Lives and Loves of Thomas and Heinrich Mann ...more
Another masterpiece by Thomas Mann, describing the relationship between Aschenbach and the young man Tadzio. Diseases are always present in the author's background. To be read, a classic of the German literature.
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Gustav Aschenbach escapes to Venice, but he cannot escape his torment.
Death in Venice is really the story of his desperate striving for redemption in his life.
Peace is not within his reach.
“To take rest in perfection is the desire of those who strive for excellence; and is not nothingness one form of perfection?” (p. 24)
Nothingness is the final outcome of Aschenbach’s plaintive efforts to salvage a meaningful life by invigorating a meaningful, if troubling, relationship with the boy.
Finally, th ...more
Death in Venice is really the story of his desperate striving for redemption in his life.
Peace is not within his reach.
“To take rest in perfection is the desire of those who strive for excellence; and is not nothingness one form of perfection?” (p. 24)
Nothingness is the final outcome of Aschenbach’s plaintive efforts to salvage a meaningful life by invigorating a meaningful, if troubling, relationship with the boy.
Finally, th ...more
A quick, easy read--took me less than 3 hours to finish; I felt like I was right alongside the main character, and I could really see/smell/hear the environment.
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