This remarkable new translation of the Nobel Prize-winner's great masterpiece is a major literary event.
Thomas Mann regarded his monumental retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as his magnum opus. He conceived of the four parts-The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, and Joseph the Provider-as a unified narrative, a ""mythological novel"" of Joseph's fall into slavery and his rise to be lord over Egypt. Deploying lavish, persuasive detail, Mann conjures for us the world of patriarchs and pharaohs, the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, and the universal force of human love in all its beauty, desperation, absurdity, and pain. The result is a brilliant amalgam of humor, emotion, psychological insight, and epic grandeur.
Now the award-winning translator John E. Woods gives us a definitive new English version of Joseph and His Brothers that is worthy of Mann's achievement, revealing the novel's exuberant polyphony of ancient and modern voices, a rich music that is by turns elegant, coarse, and sublime.
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John E. Woods Imprint: Everyman Hardcovers Country of Publication: United Kingdom Edition: New edition Dimensions:
Height: 211mm,
Width: 134mm,
Spine: 50mm
Weight: 1.090kg ISBN:9781857152876 ISBN 10: 1857152875 Series:Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics Pages: 1536 Publication Date:15 May 2005 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
John E. Woods is the award-winning translator of Mann's Buddenbrooks, The Magic Mountain and Doctor Faustus.
