Product Description: 1929. Mann, German essayist, cultural critic, and novelist, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929. Among Mann's most famous works are Buddenbrooks and The Magic Mountain. His novels usually explore the relationship between the exceptional individual and his or her environment, the environment of family, or of the world in general...read more

Joseph, his brothers, and his father, Jacob, are the prototypes of all humanity and their story is the story of life itself.

From the incestuous union of the two children of Duke Grimald of Flanders a boy is born. Left to die at sea, the child is rescued and brought up in holiness on the Channel Islands. Only after later marrying his mother does the child come to realize the extent of his crime against nature.

Mann's rendering of the classic Faust legend explores the goals, values, and conflicts of modern man

Product Description: Thomas Mann, fascinated with the concept of genius and with the richness of German culture, found in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe the embodiment of the German culture hero. Mann's novelistic biography of Goethe was first published in English in 1940...read more

Product Description: "Brilliant…a little masterpiece."—Chicago Sun-Times"Beautiful…one of the best short novels he has written."—New York Times Book Review"Can rank with the best of Mann's writing."—The Boston Globe"Magnificent…one of the greatest bits of writing which one of the world's greatest writers has ever given us...read more