Synopsis
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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Publisher information
- Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- ISBN: 9780749386573
- Number of pages: 752
- Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 45 mm
- Weight: 516g
- Languages: English
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Not the Wood translation
Note that this Vintage edition is NOT the modernJohn E Wood translation referenced in the ‘Media reviews’ section above, but the 1940s H. T. Lowe-Porter tr... READ MORE
Lost in translation
I may be a big reader. And a big fan of classic literature. Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Hardy and even Dickens provide enjoyable readings for me. I might say I ... READ MORE