Thomas Mann

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A towering figure in the pantheon of twentieth-century literature, Thomas Mann has often been perceived as a dry and forbidding writer—"the starched collar," as Bertolt Brecht once called him. But in fact, his fiction is lively, humane, sometimes hilarious. In these fresh renderings of his best short work, award-winning translator Damion Searls casts new light on this underappreciated...

The last known copy of London After Midnight, the lost 1927 Lon Chaney film, was destroyed in an MGM studio fire in 1967. Since then researchers have been combing film archives throughout the world in hopes of finding a surviving copy, but without success. Different 'reconstructions' of the film-one in book format, the other as a motion picture-have continued to generate interest in recent years, both relying primarily on the many surviving still...

Königs Erläuterung zu Thomas Mann: Tonio Kröger & Mario und der Zauberer - Textanalyse und Interpretation mit ausführlicher Inhaltsangabe und Abituraufgaben. In einem Band bieten dir die neuen Königs Erläuterungen alles, was du zur Vorbereitung auf Referat, Klausur, Abitur oder Matura benötigst. Das spart dir lästiges Recherchieren und kostet weniger Zeit zur Vorbereitung. Alle wichtigen Infos zur Interpretation. - von der ausführlichen Inhaltsangabe...

In this powerful new audiobook, Thomas Mann's Death in Venice is brought to life by James Warwick, star of the Agatha Christie series Tommy and Tuppence on Masterpiece Theatre. At this later stage in his life, Warwick is perfectly cast and will transport you to the decadent canals of Venice, where the distinguished author Gustav von Aschenback finds himself enthralled by the ethereal beauty of a young boy named Tadzio. Warwick's performance perfectly...

Discover Thomas Mann's comic novel of deception and misplaced confidence. Waiter by day, man about Paris by night; the young and good looking Felix Krull has created for himself a personality to charm and deceive the world of wealth. When the Marquis de Venosta makes him a proposal that he can't refuse, the young Felix finds himself on the pathway that will elevate him into the world of riches. "The most astonishing work that Mann ever wrote...

The Magic Mountain, by Thomas Mann, published in 1924, is a monumental novel that explores the themes of time, illness, and the search for meaning. Set in a tuberculosis sanatorium high in the Swiss Alps, the story follows Hans Castorp, a young German engineer who initially arrives at the Berghof sanatorium to visit his cousin Joachim but stays for seven years. This prolonged stay turns into an intellectual and spiritual journey that challenges and...

The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann is a classic novel set in a Swiss sanatorium during the years leading up to World War I. The story follows Hans Castorp, a young engineer, who arrives for a short visit to his ailing cousin but ends up staying for seven years. The novel explores themes of time, illness, and the clash of ideas, with the sanatorium serving as a microcosm of European society on the brink of war. Mann uses the setting to delve into philosophical...

Todd Phillips and Joel Silver, the filmmakers behind The Hangover and RocknRolla respectively, team up for the first time to produce an outrageous high concept comedy on an independent film budget. Featuring a cast of talented young actors, PROJECT X documents a high school party that spirals completely out of control. Captured from the cinema verite perspective of the digital cameras at the party, the film, scripted by actor Michael Bacall (Death...