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German
Vintage
01 January 1997
A masterpiece of German modernism and one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century

A masterpiece of German modernism and one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century.

Adrian Leverk hn is a young man destined for success. He is a composer - creative and brilliant, but he will stop at nothing to achieve greatness. Intentionally contracting syphilis in order to deepen his creative potential through madness, Adrian makes his pact with nature. Mann's interpretation of the Faustian legend is a story of madness and sanity, genius and corruption, intellectual attainment and Germany's moral fall.

'Arguably the great German novel' New York Times

THE ORIGINAL TRANSLATION BY H. T. LOWE-PORTER

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Imprint:   Vintage
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 32mm
Weight:   529g
ISBN:   9780749386573
ISBN 10:   0749386576
Pages:   516
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for Doctor Faustus

John E. Woods is revising our impression of Thomas Mann, masterpiece by masterpiece. * The New Yorker * Doctor Faustus is Mann's deepest artistic gesture. . . . Finely translated by John E. Woods. * The New Republic * Arguably the great German novel * New York Times * Perhaps not since Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus has a novelist conveyed so tangibly and exaltedly the mechanism and the aesthetic effect in musical performance * New York Times * The real masterpiece * New York Times *


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