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Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family; Introduction by T. J. Reed
Hardcover
Series: Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics, Book 0
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ISBN10: 0679417370
ISBN13: 9780679417378
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Published: Oct 4 1994
Pages: 776
Weight: 1.72
Height: 1.59 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.18
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780679417378
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Published: Oct 4 1994
Pages: 776
Weight: 1.72
Height: 1.59 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.18
Language: English
A classic of modern literature from Thomas Mann, here in stunning hardcover: Buddenbrooks is the story of four generations of a wealthy bourgeois family in northern Germany facing the advent of modernity; in an uncertain new world, the family's bonds and traditions begin to disintegrate.
As Mann charts the Buddenbrooks' decline from prosperity to bankruptcy, from moral and psychic soundness to sickly piety, artistic decadence, and madness, he ushers the reader into a world of stunning vitality, pieced together from births and funerals, weddings and divorces, recipes, gossip, and earthy humor. First published in Germany in 1901, when Mann was only twenty-six, Buddenbrooks surpasses all other modern family chronicles in its immensity of scope, richness of detail, and fullness of humanity. With remarkable fidelity to the original German text, this superb translation emphasizes the magnificent scale of Mann's achievement in this riveting, tragic novel. Translated by John E. Woods with an introduction by T. J. Reed. Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.
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