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Doctor Faustus : The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn As Told by a Friend
Doctor Faustus The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn As Told by a Friend
Author: Thomas Mann
"John E. Woods is revising our impression of Thomas Mann, masterpiece by masterpiece."  --The New Yorker — "Doctor Faustus is Mann's deepest artistic gesture. . . . Finely translated by John E. Woods." --The New Republic — Thomas Mann's last great novel, first published in 1947 and now newly rendered into English by acclaimed translator ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780375701160
ISBN-10: 0375701168
Publication Date: 7/27/1999
Pages: 544
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Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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There is a mini-resurgence in interest in Thomas Mann these days. This edition is the wonderful translation by H. T. Lowe-Porter from 1948. Based loosely on Arnold Schoenberg and set in Germany before World War II, it is the application of the Faust legend to the life of a modern classical composer who sells his soul for earthly fame. There is a wealth of German culture (music, poetry, literature) within these pages. It is one of those books needing close reading, sunk deep in an armchair while winter whirls outside.
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