Thomas Mann
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Under a Spell Everlasting December 03, 2024
There is only one way to reach the Berghotel Schatzalp, in Davos-Platz in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. You must switch trains at Landquart, a small municipality in the Alps, where you stand on an open-air platform in the wind without even the cons...
Thomas Mann and the European Disease of Nihilism November 27, 2024
One summer’s day in 1952, Thomas Mann lined up at Cambridge University’s Senate House to receive an honorary doctorate. The ceremony passed without incident. Afterwards, an Indian man was seen sidling up to him on King’s Parade. It turned out to be J...
The Apostle of Love November 25, 2024
How Thomas Mann discovered sensual education in The Magic Mountain....
The Role of the Modern Writer November 21, 2024
In his work for The Yale Review, Thomas Mann grappled with an artist's relationship to society. ...
The Magic Mountain Saved My Life November 08, 2024
Just after college, I went to teach English as a Peace Corps volunteer in a small village school in West Africa. To help relieve the loneliness, I packed a shortwave radio, a Sony Walkman, and, among other books, a paperback copy of Thomas Mann’s ver...
