SUMMARY: A sanitorium in the Swiss Alps reflects the societal ills of pre-twentieth-century Europe, and a young marine engineer rises from his life of anonymity to become a pivotal character in a story about how a human's environment affects self identity. In this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Man
William E. Adams: Thomas Mann and The Magic Mountain
β Scribed by Andreas P Naef MD
- Book ID
- 117038298
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 197 KB
- Volume
- 65
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-4975
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