The Magic Mountain (Volume One)
Gelesen von Steve Gough
Thomas Mann
(4,154 Sterne; 13 Bewertungen)
Thomas Mann’s epic novel depicts a decaying, corrupted European society on the eve of the First World War. Set in a luxurious sanatorium high up in the Swiss mountains, we follow the destinies of a variety of exotic characters – members of a bourgeois elite drawn from all parts of Europe. Most suffer from consumption, dream of a cure - yet are at the same time squeezing as much pleasure and distraction as they can out of a situation ever-shadowed by sickness, pain, and death. Part surreal comedy, part grim tragedy, part allegory, and part novel of ideas, Mann’s novel is regarded by many as one of the key literary texts of the twentieth century.
Summary by Steve Gough (16 hr 20 min)
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great book I enjoyed it very much but don't bother if...
Terry Squire Stone
(3 Sterne)
you don't speak French, the last hour is all in french