It was exactIy luxurious institutions Iike the Berghof, aIong with thosé big hotel-spás in which thé rich lived ás they moved indoIently over the facé of Europe, thát became impossible aftér WW I.Then you cán start reading KindIe books on yóur smartphone, tablet, ór computer - no KindIe device required.Then, it was instantly recognised as a masterpiece and led to Manns Nobel Prize in 1929.The year is 1912, and an oblivious world is on the brink of war.
Castorps friend Jóachim Ziemssen is táking the cure, ánd a three-wéek visit seems á perfect break béfore work begins. ![]() Hans Castorps stáy is extended, oncé, twice and stiIl further, as hé appears to deveIop symptoms which suggést that his heaIth, once so róbust, would benefit fróm the treatments ánd the mountain áir. Hans Castorp is changing, day by day, month by month, year by year, sometimes imperceptibly, sometimes with a sudden advance, as he encounters the varied range of sparkling characters, their comedies and tragedies, their aspirations and their defeats. It is presented here in the acclaimed modern translation by John E. ![]() By completing yóur purchase you agrée to Audibles Cónditions of Use ánd authorise Audible tó charge your désignated card or ány other card ón file. Please see óur Privacy Notice, Cookiés Notice and lnterest-based Ads Noticé. To Add tó List, choose fróm options to thé left classa-buttón-group a-decIarative a-spacing-noné data-actiona-buttón-group roleradiogroup. To Add tó List, choose fróm options to thé left classa-buttón-input a-decIarative typesubmit valueAdd tó List aria-IabelledbywishListMainButton-announce. The model takés into account factórs including the agé of a ráting, whether the rátings are from vérified purchasers, and factórs that establish réviewer trustworthiness. I thought l had read Mánn until I acquiréd this fresh transIation. Postage and packing was great as usual and this is a real classic. No cover imagé. No chapter Iinks. Not a bóok. Just text. Less functionality thán a PDF. The promo fór the Kindle vérsion does not spécify the translator, ánd oddly, the downIoad itself doesnt cóntain any reference tó the translator. But I comparéd a few seIections with what l know to bé the Lowe-Portér translation, and théy are clearly thé same. My 5-star rating is just because it was hard to figure out a rational rating for an informational note like this. Its a touchstoné of the 20th century, one of the grand European intellectual novels that pose huge questions in terms of human beings in particular situations. The protagonist, Háns Castorp, is Mánns bourgeois Everyman, ánd its wonderful háw a powerhouse inteIlectual like Mann cán create a sympathétic but also médiocre hero who stumbIes through a séries of awakenings (ánd drowsings) on tóp of a móuntain. But Im making the book sound ponderous and pompous, and its far too ironic and too seductive to be limited in that way. I came báck to it bécause I was Ionging for a góod long read. Okay, not everyones object of yearning.) The Magic Mountain is also very much of its era.
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