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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
The new translation, by the masterly John E. Woods, of one of Thomas Mann's most famous and important novels: his modern reworking of the Faust legend, in which twentieth-century Germany sells its soul to the devil. — Mann's protagonist, Adrian Leverkühn, is one of the most significant characters in the literature of our era, for it is in hi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780375400544
ISBN-10: 0375400540
Publication Date: 11/25/1997
Pages: 534
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Publisher: Knopf
Book Type: 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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