Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus
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Published:
28 October, 1996
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Description
To unlock his full creative potential, Adrian Leverkühn makes a lethal pact with nature and intentionally contracts syphilis.
A brilliant young composer, Adrian believes that the disease-induced madness will fuel his genius. But while his music reaches new heights, his mind and morality begin to unravel. Mann's interpretation of the Faustian legend is a story of madness and sanity, genius and corruption, intellectual attainment and Germany's moral fall.
'Arguably the great German novel' New York Times
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More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780749386573 |
| ISBN10 | 0749386576 |
| Number Of Pages | 752 |
| Item Weight | 516 g |
| Product Dimensions | 130 x 198 x 45 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
Doctor Faustus is Mann's deepest artistic gesture * The New Republic *
Arguably the great German novel * New York Times *
Perhaps not since Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus has a novelist conveyed so tangibly and exaltedly the mechanism and the aesthetic effect in musical performance * New York Times *
The real masterpiece * New York Times *
Mann struggled with his own conflicted feelings about Germany and German culture, and in his magisterial Doctor Faustus found the perfect metaphor for what his country had done; it had bargained with the devil, and lost. * The Herald *
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Author's Bio
Thomas Mann (1875-1955) is widely regarded as the greatest German novelist of the twentieth century. His first novel, Buddenbrooks, was a huge success and led to a Nobel Prize in Literature. However, when the Nazis came to power, his works were blacklisted and burned and Mann was stripped of his citizenship. He spent the latter part of his life in exile in the United States and Switzerland. His other major novels include The Magic Mountain, Doctor Faustus and Joseph and His Brothers.