The Magic Mountain: As Seen on BBC Between the Covers (Vintage Classics) Mann, Thomas Summary In this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Mann uses a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps, a community devoted exclusively to sickness, as a microcosm for Europe, which in the years before 1914 was already exhibiting the first symptoms of its own terminal irrationality.The Magic Mountain is a monumental work of erudition and irony, sexual tension and intellectual ferment, a book that pulses with life in the midst of death. In this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Mann uses a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps, a community devoted exclusively to sickness, as a microcosm for Europe, which in the years before 1914 was already exhibiting the first symptoms of its own terminal irrationality.The Magic Mountain is a monumental work of erudition and irony, sexual tension and intellectual ferment, a book that pulses with life in the midst of death. Highlights Easy to enjoy: 752 pages · Paperback By Mann, Thomas Details ISBN: 9780749386429 Author: Mann, Thomas Format: Paperback Pages: 752 Language: English Publication date: 29 July 1996 Condition: New About the authors Mann, Thomas and Thomas Mann · Publisher: Random House More about this book Reviews This is an intellectual drama of the forces which play upon modern man.
