Doctor Faustus
A composer buys twenty-four years of genius with syphilis, narrated by a friend writing while the Reich collapses. Mann hardest book and his most direct reckoning.
A German composer contracts syphilis in order to buy twenty-four years of genius, narrated by a friend writing as the Reich collapses around him. Mann’s most difficult novel and his most direct reckoning with what Germany had done. New translation by Ritchie Robertson.
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Tyler Cowen
An imperfect, problematic work, too caught up with its own Germanness, and lacking dramatic tension. Still, an important work and this new translation is much better than the old one.
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