This is, of course, not a new discovery, but a reiteration of the call to read one of the most seminal Continental European books of the twentieth century: Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain.
Why is it a timely read?
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November 2024
100 Years After Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain (1924) – Have We Learned Anything From History?
"Out of this universal feast of death, out of this extremity of fever, kindling the rain-washed evening sky of a fiery glow, may it be that Love one day shall mount?" Thomas Mann's question at the end of his grandiose novel remains still unanswered and the debate of democracy vs totalitarianism as relevant as ever. (Did you know you can listen to the book on Spotify for FREE? Link included here...)
by Daniel Broger
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Davos Train Station
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