{"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. A monumental work of erudition and irony, sexual tension and intellectual ferment, \u003cem\u003eThe Magic Mountain\u003c\/em\u003e is an enduring classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso available in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.neuegalerie.org\/shop\/collections\/bookstore-books-in-german\/products\/der-zauberberg\"\u003eGerman\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardcover\u003cbr\u003e854 pages\u003cbr\u003eEveryman's Library, 1996\u003cbr\u003eOriginally Published in 1924\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781400044214\u003cbr\u003eNovel, Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":319575659,"sku":"9781400044214","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/products\/Magic-Mountain_Thomas-Mann_everyman.jpg?v=1590776913","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/the-magic-mountain","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}