Thomas Mann
Author
Series
Everyman's library volume 289
Language
English
Description
"The Magic Mountain is simply one of the greatest novels ever written." - The Guardian
With this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Thomas Mann rose to the front ranks of the great modern novelists, winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929. 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...
Author
Series
Modern library of the world's best books volume 365
Language
English
Description
Mann's rendering of the classic Faust legend explores the goals, values, and conflicts of modern man.
10) Tonio Kröger
Author
Publisher
Video Images/Video Yesteryear
Pub. Date
1983
Physical Desc
1 videocassette (92 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
A youth tries to understand life.
12) Der Zauberberg
Publisher
Kinowelt Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 146 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
A young engineer visiting his cousin at a tuburcular sanitorium in the Swiss Alps ends by staying on for seven years. The theme is his education among patients there, who are a microcosm of the society of pre-World War I Europe.
