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The new introduction places this dramatic novella in the context of contemporary feminist and literary concerns, bringing it to the attention of a new generation of readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e155 pages\u003cbr\u003eCalifornia University Press, 1990\u003cbr\u003eOriginally Published in 1953\u003cbr\u003e5.2 x 0.4 x 7.3 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9780520070097\u003cbr\u003ePsychological Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":263521166,"sku":"9780520070097","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/products\/The-Black-Swan_Thomas-Mann.jpg?v=1590777277"},{"product_id":"the-holy-sinner","title":"The Holy Sinner","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Thomas Mann \u003cbr\u003e Translated by H.T. Lowe-Porter\u003cbr\u003e Introduction by Russell A. Berman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A small masterpiece. . . . It is a triumph of art indistinguishable from moral sensibility which makes the miraculous, most incredible part of the story . . . the most convincing.\"—Stephen Spender,\u003cem\u003e New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1951, \u003cem\u003eThe Holy Sinner\u003c\/em\u003e explores a subject that fascinated Thomas Mann to the end of his life—the origins of evil and evil's connection with magic. Here Mann uses a medieval legend about 'the exceeding mercy of God and the birth of the blessed Pope Gregory' as he used the Biblical account of Joseph as the basis for \u003cem\u003eJoseph and His Brothers\u003c\/em\u003e—illuminating with his ironic sensibility the notion of original sin and transcendence of evil.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePaperback \u003cbr\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of California Press, 1992\u003cbr\u003eOriginal Published in 1951\u003cbr\u003e5 x 0.9 x 7.9 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9780520076716\u003cbr\u003eSpirituality, Historical Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":319570299,"sku":"9780520076716","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/products\/Mann_Holy-Sinner.jpg?v=1635705644"},{"product_id":"the-magic-mountain","title":"The Magic Mountain","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Thomas Mann\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by John E. Woods\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“All the characters in Thomas Mann’s masterpiece come considerably closer to speaking English in John E. Woods’s version . . . Woods captures perfectly the irony and humor.” \u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“[Woods’s translation] succeeds in capturing the beautiful cadence of [Mann’s] ironically elegant prose.” \u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith 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. \u003cem\u003eThe Magic Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcclaimed translator John E. Woods has given us the definitive English version of Mann’s masterpiece. 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In return for twenty-four years of unparalleled musical accomplishment, he bargains away his soul--and the ability to love his fellow man.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Leverkühn's life story is a brilliant allegory of the rise of the Third Reich, of Germany's renunciation of its own humanity and its embrace of ambition and nihilism. It is also Mann's most profound meditation on the German genius--both national and individual--and the terrible responsibilities of the truly great artist. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e534 pages\u003cbr\u003eRandom House\/Vintage, 1999\u003cbr\u003eOriginally Published in 1947\u003cbr\u003e5.3 x 1 x 8 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9780375701160\u003cbr\u003eFiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":319578173,"sku":"9780375701160","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/products\/Mann_Doctor_Faustus.jpg?v=1634577373"},{"product_id":"the-tables-of-the-law","title":"The Tables of the Law","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Thomas Mann\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Marion Faber and Stephen Lehmann \u003cbr\u003e Afterword by Michael Wood\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"To present the foundation of law for half the world is no simple task. \u003cem\u003eThe Tables of the Law\u003c\/em\u003e is a historical title following Moses as he is tasked by God to present the ten commandments, providing a human and much different insight on the role of Moses as the Prophet of God. Expertly translated, \u003cem\u003eThe Tables of the Law\u003c\/em\u003e is a solid addition to any literary fiction collection.\"—\u003cem\u003eMidwest Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Beautiful…one of the best short novels he has written.\" —\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Can rank with the best of Mann's writing\" —\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"His senses were hot, and so he yearned for spirituality, purity, and holiness—the invisible, which seemed to him spiritual, holy, and pure.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Thus Thomas Mann introduces Moses in \u003cem\u003eThe Tables of the Law\u003c\/em\u003e, the Nobel Prize winner's retelling of the prophet's life. Invited in 1943 to write this story as a defense of the Decalogue, Mann reveals how strange and forbidding Moses' task was. As \"the Lawgiver\"—endowed with the wrists and hands of a stonemason—engraves the tablets, so he hews the souls of his people:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Into the stone of the mountain I carved the ABC of human behavior,but it shall also be carved into your flesh and blood, Israel . . .\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Mann's tale of the ethical founding and molding of a people sharply rebukes the Nazis for their intended destruction of the moral code set down in the Ten Commandments. But does his famous irony and authorial license mock or enhance the Biblical account of the shaping of the Jewish people? You know the Bible story. Now read Mann's version—it will grip you anew.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e120 pages\u003cbr\u003ePaul Dry Books, 2010\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1944\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781589880573 \u003cbr\u003eSpirituality, Historical Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":319588413,"sku":"9781589880573","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/products\/Mann_The_Tables_of_the_Law.jpg?v=1634935474"},{"product_id":"the-magic-mountain-paperback","title":"The Magic Mountain","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Thomas Mann\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by John E. Woods\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"In Mann's work the historic and contemporary retains its outsideness. He is a Wagnerian spellbinder, a mythmaker, but the myth always refers back to the real world.\" —\u003cem\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Magic Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e taught me that big ideas have vitality, that intellectual life could make for great storytelling, and that the map of an age could be found in the personalities of the people who lived it, lessons that I carried into the writing of history. But the truth is, I have returned again and again to \u003cem\u003eThe Magic Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e because the characters who inhabit it are such delightful company.\"—\u003cem\u003eThe American Scholar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[\u003cem\u003eThe Magic Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e] is one of those works that changed the shape and possibilities of European literature. It is a masterwork, unlike any other. It is also, if we learn to read it on its own terms, a delight, comic and profound, a new form of language, a new way of seeing.\"—A. S. Byatt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Thomas Mann rose to the front ranks of the great modern novelist, ultimately winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929. In \u003cem\u003eThe Magic Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e, Mann uses a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps—a community devoted exclusively to sickness—as a microcosm for Europe, which in the years before 1914 was already exhibiting the first symptoms of its own terminal irrationality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo this hermetic yet intrigue-ridden world comes Hans Castorp, a \"perfectly ordinary\" young man who arrives for a short visit and ends up staying seven years. 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The writing is distinguished by a profound knowledge of its many subjects, an infectious interest, and a sharp eye for telling details, all of which bring the material alive.”—\u003cem\u003eModern Language Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“This important book--of meticulous and impressive research, refined analysis, and lucid organization and writing--is demanding, a challenge to the author’s peers and yet rewarding also for the generally educated reader.”—\u003cem\u003eRegister of the Kentucky Historical Society\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the 1930s and 40s, Los Angeles became an unlikely cultural sanctuary for a distinguished group of German artists and intellectuals—including Thomas Mann, Theodore W. Adorno, Bertolt Brecht, Fritz Lang, and Arnold Schoenberg—who had fled Nazi Germany. 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