The Magic Mountain

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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...

The Apostle of Love November 25, 2024

How Thomas Mann discovered sensual education in The Magic Mountain....

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...